Read article 'Why particle physics needs stability'
A premature end to SLAC’s B-factory, a stop to UK investment in the International Linear Collider (ILC) project and more than 300 lay-offs at Fermilab and SLAC – 2007 ended on a bad n...
Read article 'Theory in the computer age'
Some years ago, it was customary to divide work in the exact sciences of physics, chemistry and biology into three categories: experimental, theoretical and computational. Those of us breathing the ra...
Read article 'A new challenge for particle physics'
Particle physics often describes itself, and correctly so, as having brought countries and people together that previously had been unable to co-operate with each other. In Europe, CERN was born out o...
Read article 'New council provides a fresh look for UK big science'
Regular readers of CERN Courier will be familiar with the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) which has supported the UK’s research in particle physics for the past decade. N...
Read article 'Amazing particles and light'
Five years ago, I wrote in this column when I had just made the transition to Jefferson Lab (see CERN Courier October 2002 p46). Promising developments in hadronic physics, microwave superconductivity...
Read article 'Viewpoint'
I started a company, Research In Motion, while I was still at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. By the late 1990s we had developed the BlackBerry handheld mobile device. As a result I fou...
Read article 'Nuclear science hits new frontiers'
Nuclear science is undergoing a renaissance as it confronts new and previously unapproachable research opportunities. One such opportunity, the study of short-lived nuclei far from stability, is emerg...
Read article 'Particle physics and the press'
These are exciting times for particle physics, and the world’s press are taking notice. As the Large Hadron Collider prepares to begin operations, as the International Linear Collider becomes an...
Read article 'A cosmic vision for world science'
Many developed countries face the challenge of encouraging more young people to take up science to ensure future innovation to benefit society. However, there is a related and equally important challe...
Read article 'The dark side of computing power'
On a recent visit to CERN, I had the chance to see how the high-energy physics (HEP) community was struggling with many of the same sorts of computing problems that we have to deal with at Google. So ...
