Read article 'CERN: a forward look'
On 1 July, the cycle of events celebrating CERN’s 60th anniversary opened in Paris with an event commemorating the anniversary of the CERN Convention, which was signed at the UNESCO headquarters i...
Read article 'Theory at CERN turns 62'
One of my most memorable experiences of CERN is from an early morning in the summer of 1966. I drove to CERN with my two small children, one and three years of age, to fetch their dad who had been on ...
Read article 'Thoughts on CERN’s future'
On its 60th birthday, CERN should, first of all, be justly praised for its scientific results – results that stem from the organization’s unique model, which has allowed the modernization of frag...
Read article 'A shining light in the Middle East'
CERN was conceived in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when two ambitions came together – to enable construction of scientific facilities that were beyond the means of individual countries, and to fo...
Read article 'The strength of worldwide collaboration'
The enthusiasm and motivation to explore particle physics at the high-energy frontier knows no borders between the nations and regions of the planet.
Read article 'Latin America comes to CERN'
High-energy physics already had a considerable tradition in Latin America.
Read article 'Origins: the early days of CERN'
1946 a commission of the United Nations Security Council was entrusted with the task of making proposals to bring atomic energy under international control. It was one year after the devastation of Hi...
Read article 'The 1980s: spurring collaboration'
The 1980s were characterized by two outstanding achievements that were to influence the long-term future of CERN.
Read article 'Greater than the sum of the parts'
The idea of CERN has succeeded in the goal of bringing European countries to work peacefully together, says Agnieszka Zalewska, CERN Council president
Read article 'A celebration of science for peace'
n 29 September 1954, the European Organization for Nuclear Research officially came into being, after the convention to establish the organization had been ratified by a sufficient number of the 12 ...
