Read article 'Directing a decade'
Read article 'Directing a decade'
The European Strategy has recommended the FCC-ee as CERN’s next flagship collider. The case for it, Alain Blondel argues, rests on 50 years of inventions and discoveries.
The 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognised the multi-decade programme to measure, with ever-increasing precision, the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment.
Held in Copenhagen on 22–23 October 2025, the RTI Summit brought together leaders from across Europe to shape the future of research and technology infrastructures.
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Read article 'Rencontres de Moriond turns 60'
The Electroweak session of the 60th Rencontres de Moriond gathered around 140 participants in the Alpine town of La Thuile, Italy, from 15 to 22 March.
Read article 'Scaling new heights towards Long Shutdown 3'
The 28th Chamonix Workshop took place from 2 to 5 February 2026, with around 130 participants from CERN and several international guests.
Read article 'Drilling down on dark matter'
The High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abu Dhabi Workshop brought together more than 30 researchers to discuss some of the deepest mysteries in fundamental physics.
Read article 'Garching gathers for the FCC'
From 26 to 30 January 2026, the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Garching hosted the 9th FCC Physics Workshop, a major gathering of theorists and experimentalists working on the...
Read article 'All that antimatters in the universe'
From 19 to 22 January, 80 particle physicists, astronomers and cosmologists gathered at CERN for the first “All that Antimatters in the Universe” workshop.
Read article 'String pilgrimage to Santiago'
One hundred researchers gathered in Santiago de Compostela from 21 to 23 January for Iberian Strings.
Read article 'Mark Alastair Rayner 1983–2026'
Mark Rayner, editor of CERN Courier, passed away on 23 March. His love of physics, talent for communication and editorial rigour raised the bar for this magazine.
Read article 'Jan Żylicz 1932–2026'
Jan Żylicz, an outstanding nuclear physicist, passed away in Warsaw on 16 February 2026.
Read article 'Roger Barlow 1951–2026'
Roger Barlow passed away suddenly on 1 February 2026 at his home in Wales. He had an illustrious career in particle physics and, latterly, also in accelerator physics.
Read article 'Michael Wohlmuther 1975–2025'
Michael Wohlmuther, an internationally recognised expert on spallation physics and technologies, tragically passed away on 30 October 2025 in Lund, Sweden, at the age of 50.
Read article 'Execution mode'
Norbert Holtkamp returns to Fermilab with a clear mandate: deliver DUNE, honour the laboratory’s legacy of bold leadership and reaffirm big science’s responsibility to society.
Read article 'The revolution ahead'
Michael S Turner argues that the next breakthrough in particle physics and cosmology may be just around the corner.
Read about 'In focus: US accelerator projects'
Evolution, ambition and international collaboration underpin US accelerator initiatives
Argonne National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cornell University
EMFCSC
Enrico Fermi Centre
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Forschungszentrum Jülich
GSI Darmstadt
IHEP, Serpukhov
INFN
Jefferson Laboratory
JINR Dubna
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Los Alamos National Lab
NCSL
Nikhef
Novosibirsk Institute
Orsay Laboratory
PSI Laboratory
Saclay Laboratory
Science and Technology Facilities Council
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SNOLAB
TRIUMF Laboratory