Read article 'Birth of a Higgs boson'
Birth of a Higgs boson
How the new particle of 2012 has this year acquired a name.
Read article 'Birth of a Higgs boson'
Read article 'The scent of discovery: a visit to CERN in late 1982'
The scent of discovery: a visit to CERN in late 1982
Lalit Sehgal experienced an increased curiosity in electroweak physics at CERN in the weeks leading up to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.
Read article 'Finding the W and Z'
Finding the W and Z
Thirty years ago, CERN made scientific history with the discoveries of the W and Z bosons. Here, we reprint an extract from the special issue of CERN Courier that commemorated this breakthrough.
Read article 'Participants and spectators at the heavy-ion fireball'
Participants and spectators at the heavy-ion fireball
To see how much of a heavy ion participates in a collision, ALICE must determine a key parameter – centrality.
Read article 'The EMC effect still puzzles after 30 years'
The EMC effect still puzzles after 30 years
The unexpected result from 30 years ago is still in the minds of today's physicists.
Read article 'CMS prepares for the future'
CMS prepares for the future
There will be no rest at Point 5, site of the CMS detector, during the long shutdown
Read article 'The LHC’s worldwide computer'
The LHC’s worldwide computer
Mid-February marked the end of the first three-year run of the LHC. While the machine exceeded all expectations, delivering significantly more data to the experiments than initially foreseen, h...
Read article 'Plumbing the depths of neutron stars'
Plumbing the depths of neutron stars
New techniques developed by the ISOLTRAP collaboration are allowing investigations of a possible birthplace of the heavy elements.
Read article 'Michel Borghini and the rise of polarized targets'
Michel Borghini and the rise of polarized targets
Colleagues and friends recall the work of a pioneer of a key technique in high-energy particle physics.
Read article 'Accelerating innovation'
Accelerating innovation
Last year, the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society (EPS) decided to revive the EPS Technology and Innovation Group (TIG) by launching a workshop to take stock of projected R&am...
