Read article 'Particle physics inspires all'
Particle physics inspires all
Some 75,000 members of the public took part in the CERN Open Days on 14 and 15 September.
Read article 'Particle physics inspires all'
Read article 'Adapting to exascale computing'
Adapting to exascale computing
CERN's Graeme Stewart tours six decades of computing milestones in high-energy physics and describes the immense challenges ahead in taming data from future experiments.
Read article 'Astronomers scale new summit'
Astronomers scale new summit
The world’s largest optical/near-infrared telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, will bring mysteries such as dark energy into focus.
Read article 'Building Gargantua'
Building Gargantua
Oliver James describes the visual effects which produced the black hole in Interstellar.
Read article 'FPGAs that speak your language'
FPGAs that speak your language
FPGAs can now be programmed in C++ and Java, bringing machine learning and complex algorithms within the scope of trigger-level analysis.
Read article 'The rise of French particle physics'
The rise of French particle physics
Founded 80 years ago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is one of Europe’s largest research institutions.
Read article 'L’essor de la physique des particules en France'
L’essor de la physique des particules en France
Fondé il y a 80 ans, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), en France, est l’une des plus importantes institutions de recherche en Europe.
Read article 'Accelerating magnet technology'
Accelerating magnet technology
Superconducting magnet technology has fuelled some of the greatest discoveries in high-energy physics and is at the core of existing and next-generation circular particle accelerators, writes Luca Bot...
Read article 'LEP’s electroweak leap'
LEP’s electroweak leap
In the autumn of 1989 the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP) delivered the first of several results that still dominate the landscape of particle physics today.
Read article 'The greatest lepton collider'
The greatest lepton collider
LEP was the highest energy e+e– collider ever built, with levels of precision that remain unsurpassed in accelerator physics. Former CERN director of accelerators Steve Myers tells LEP’s story fro...
