Read article 'ALICE reveals dominance of collective flow'
The study of the anisotropic flow in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, which measures the momentum anisotropy of the final-state particles, has been effective in characterising the extreme states of ma...
Read article 'Dark-matter surprise in early universe'
A surprising result at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany suggests that dark matter was less influential in the early universe than it is today.
Read article 'Editor’s note'
After 13 years as the Courier’s Astrowatch contributor, astronomer Marc Türler is moving to pastures new.
Read article 'Sri Lanka signs International Co-operation Agreement with CERN'
Previously, scientists from Sri Lanka have participated in LHC experiments within the framework of sabbatical leave.
Read article 'European computing cloud takes off'
A European scheme to make publicly funded scientific data openly available has entered its first phase of development, with CERN one of several organisations poised to test the new technology. Launche...
Read article 'Milestone for US dark-matter detector'
The US Department of Energy has formally approved a key construction milestone for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment.
Read article 'European organisations uphold scientific values'
More than 50 science organisations in Europe have written an open letter expressing concern about the impact of recent US policies on science, research and innovation.
Read article 'Chamonix event prepares for LHC’s future'
2016 was a remarkably successful year for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marked by excellent peak performance, good availability and operational flexibility (CERN Courier December 2016 p5). Tar...
Read article 'CMS undergoes tracker transplant'
At the beginning of March, the CMS collaboration successfully replaced the heart of its detector: the pixel tracker. This innermost layer of the CMS detector, a cylindrical device containing 124 milli...
Read article 'ATLAS reveals more strangeness in the proton'
The excellent theoretical understanding of the production of electroweak W and Z gauge bosons in proton–proton collisions at the LHC makes these “standard-candle” processes ideal for studying th...
