Read article '25 years of asymptotic freedom'
A quarter of a century ago, several theorists published an unexpected result which opened the door to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the unusual field theory that describes quarks and gluons. This ye...
Read article 'The prospects for particle physics'
The second of two articles, in which as his five-year mandate as Director-General of CERN nears its end, Chris Llewellyn Smith reflects on what particle physics has achieved, and where it may be go...
Read article 'Making a song and dance about physics'
Who needs the Spice Girls? What physicists want (what they really, really want) is science entertainment from Les Horribles Cernettes and the physics chanteuse Lynda Williams.
Read article 'High vacuum'
While the 27 km tunnel for the LEP electron–positron collider at CERN was being prepared, the Courier described non-evaporable getters used for its vacuum system.
Read article 'Cosmology comes of age'
The easy part is over experimental cosmology has now reached adulthood. That was the message that emerged from a workshop on cosmology and particle physics held at CERN this summer.
Read article 'How Borexino will stare at the Sun'
A new ultra-sensitive experiment to detect solar neutrinos is being built underground in Italy
Read article 'Nuclei as secret agents'
Experiments with CERN's on-line isotope separator (ISOLDE) have led to a novel way to probe the interface between magnetic and non-magnetic ultra-thin layers.
Read article 'Niels Bohr and the 20th century'
The international "Niels Bohr and the Evolution of Physics in the 20th Century" meeting earlier this year provided the opportunity to reassess the evolutional impact of Bohr's "Lebenswerk".
Read article 'Precision beams for hadron therapy'
Increased life expectancy goes hand in hand with support from science. At present, about one in three of us will have an encounter with cancer and, in developed countries, about one in eight will have...
Read article 'LEP helps fill CKM matrix'
New evidence from CERN's Large ElectronPositron collider (LEP) sheds more light on the way quarks can transform.
