Read article 'Past, present and future'
Germany's impressive scientific traditions are a role model for other nations. A recent European committee meeting in Berlin painted a lively and informative picture of the current German scene.
Read article 'Physics acts as a careers stepping stone'
As well as being crucibles of research, today's big physics experiments are also factories for students - almost 700 have graduated from the DELPHI experiment at CERN's LEP electron-positron collide...
Read article 'Taking scientific note'
The problem of publishing physics papers that have long lists of authors and reconciling it with the need to give due recognition to the contributions of individuals or small groups has long been reco...
Read article 'New class of publications that will recognize individual contributions in future experiments'
The text of the official statement on the creation of the new "scientific notes" class of publications.
Read article 'Summers in St Croix revisited'
An unlikely blend of geography, sponsorship and physics focus seems to work. Founding director Tom Ferbel describes a 20-year tradition of NATO-sponsored physics study institutes in the West Indies.
Read article 'Echoes of a report'
A major report by a working group of the influential OECD Megascience forum provides a valuable snapshot of nuclear physics and makes far-reaching recommendations for its future direction.
Read article 'ECFA in Poland'
In its continual tour of CERN Member States, the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) visited Poland recently. The venue was Cracow's 600-year-old Jagiellonian University, the oldest in...
Read article 'ATLAS of the world'
1800 physicists from 33 countries are participating in the ATLAS experiment, the largest detector being built for CERN's LHC collider. CERN Courier asked ATLAS Spokesperson Peter Jenni how the collab...
Read article 'Small storage ring and getters win EPS prizes'
EPS prizes awarded in Stockholm.
Read article 'CERNAsia Fellows and Associates Programme'
Within the framework of the CERNAsia Fellows and Associates Programme, CERN offers three grants every year to young East, Southeast and South Asia postgraduates under 33, to participate in its sc...
