Read article 'Rutherford, transmutation and the proton'
Rutherford, transmutation and the proton
John Campbell recounts the events leading to Ernest Rutherford’s discovery of the proton, published in 1919.
Read article 'Rutherford, transmutation and the proton'
Read article 'Hunting the muon’s forbidden decay'
Hunting the muon’s forbidden decay
The MEG II experiment is preparing to probe the muon’s flavour-violating decay to a positron and a photon with unprecedented sensitivity.
Read article 'Deciphering elementary particles'
Deciphering elementary particles
Former CERN physicist Christian Fabjan takes a whirlwind tour of 60 years of innovation in particle-detection technology at CERN and beyond.
Read article 'Fixed target, striking physics'
Fixed target, striking physics
A strong tradition of innovation and ingenuity shows that, for CERN’s North Area, life really does begin at 40.
Read article 'Inspired by software'
Inspired by software
Being a scientist in the digital age means being a software producer and a software consumer.
Read article 'Open science: A vision for collaborative, reproducible and reusable research'
Open science: A vision for collaborative, reproducible and reusable research
True open science demands more than simply making data available.
Read article 'A turning point for open-access publishing'
A turning point for open-access publishing
The European Commission is embarking on an ambitious project called Plan S to make all scientific publications open access from 2020.
Read article 'Preserving the legacy of particle physics'
Preserving the legacy of particle physics
Although high-energy physics has made great strides in providing open access to research publications, we are still in the very early days of open data.
Read article 'CERN’s ultimate act of openness'
CERN’s ultimate act of openness
The seed that led CERN to relinquish ownership of the web in 1993 was planted when the Organization formally came into being.
Read article 'Large Hadron Collider: the experiments strike back'
Large Hadron Collider: the experiments strike back
During the next two years of long-shutdown two (LS2), the LHC and its injectors will be tuned up for high-luminosity operations.
