Read article 'Seeing is believing'
Seeing is believing
Lucio Rossi on the beauty that correlates particles and light.
Read article 'Seeing is believing'
Read article 'Helping CERN to benefit society'
Helping CERN to benefit society
I first came to CERN as a student in the mid 1980s, and spent an entrancing summer learning the extent of my lack of knowledge in the field of physics (considerable!) and meeting fellow students from ...
Read article 'CERN: a forward look'
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'
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'
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'
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 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'
Latin America comes to CERN
High-energy physics already had a considerable tradition in Latin America.
Read article 'Origins: the early days of CERN'
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: spurring collaboration
The 1980s were characterized by two outstanding achievements that were to influence the long-term future of CERN.
