Read article 'Seven colliders for CERN'
Seven colliders for CERN
The European Strategy Group tasked a working group to compare seven proposals for CERN’s next large-scale collider.
Read article 'Seven colliders for CERN'
Read article 'What can you do with 380 million Higgs bosons?'
What can you do with 380 million Higgs bosons?
Valentina Cairo and Steven Lowette explore the physics reach of the High-Luminosity LHC.
Read article 'Introducing the axion'
Introducing the axion
Theorist Clara Murgui makes the case for the post-inflation QCD axion as a compelling dark-matter candidate.
Read article 'In pursuit of the post-inflation axion'
In pursuit of the post-inflation axion
Breaking with decades of haloscope design, the ALPHA and MADMAX collaborations are pushing the search for dark matter into a promising new niche.
Read article 'Ten windows on the future of particle physics'
Ten windows on the future of particle physics
Paris Sphicas highlights key takeaways from the briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Read article 'Biology at the Bragg peak'
Biology at the Bragg peak
Angelica Facoetti explains five facts accelerator physicists need to know about radiobiology to work at the cutting edge of particle therapy.
Read article 'Polymath, humanitarian, gentleman'
Polymath, humanitarian, gentleman
Herwig Schopper, Director-General of CERN from 1981 to 1988, passed away on 19 August at the age of 101.
Read article 'Alchemy by pure light'
Alchemy by pure light
In lead collisions at the LHC, some of the strongest electromagnetic fields in the universe bombard the inside of the beam pipe with radioactive gold.
Read article 'The physicist who fought war and cancer'
The physicist who fought war and cancer
Subatomic physics has shaped both the conduct of war and the treatment of cancer. Joseph Rotblat, who left the Manhattan Project on moral grounds and later advanced radiotherapy, embodies this dual le...
Read article 'Europe’s collider strategy takes shape'
Europe’s collider strategy takes shape
How are community inputs and debates shaping the ongoing update to the European strategy for particle physics? The Courier consults two scientists tasked with representing CERN Member States and the h...
