Read article 'Robert Aymar 1936-2024'
Robert Aymar 1936-2024
Robert Aymar was the CERN Director General from January 2004 to December 2008.
Read article 'Robert Aymar 1936-2024'
Robert Aymar was the CERN Director General from January 2004 to December 2008.
Read article 'A decider for CERN’s next collider'
The third update of the European strategy for particle physics is underway.
Read article 'Voices from a new generation'
Early-career researchers tell the Courier what they think is the key strategic issue for the future of high-energy physics.
Read article 'Steering the ship of member states'
An interview with Eliezer Rabinovici, the president of the CERN Council.
Read article 'German community discusses future collider at CERN'
The Bonn event was an important step in building consensus in the German community for a future collider project at CERN.
Read article 'Become a Particle Physicist in Eight Simple Moves'
Simone Ragoni’s book is a delightful gift for anyone whom you want to inspire to become a particle physicist of tomorrow, writes Chetna Krishna.
Read article 'I built a physics museum in my classroom'
Inspired by CERN’s international teacher programme and visits to other major labs, Joe Muise has found a powerful way to inspire physics students.
Read article 'A new generation, a new vision'
The 2024 Aspen Winter Conference highlighted the role of early-career researchers in realising bold long-term visions for the field.
Read article 'Wonderstruck wanderings'
The wonder and awe that we sense when we look at the starry skies is a major motivation to do science. Both Plato (Theaetetus 155d) and Aristotle (Metaphysics 982b12) wrote that ph...
Read article 'Ilario Boscolo 1940–2024'
Ilario Boscolo, who was one of the proponents of the AEgIS experiment at CERN, passed away on 16 April 2024 at the age of 84.
Read article 'Alec Geoffrey Hester 1928–2024'
Alec Hester was the editor of CERN Courier magazine from 1961 to 1965.
Read article 'Rudolf Bock 1927–2024'
Renowned experimental physicist and co-initiator of relativistic heavy-ion physics, Rudolf Bock, passed away on 9 April 2024 aged 96.
Read article 'Werner Rühl 1937–2023'
Theoretical physicist Werner Rühl died on 31 December 2023 in Füssen, Germany at the age of 86.
Read article 'Atsuhiko Ochi 1969–2024'
Atsuhiko Ochi was a brilliant detector and experimental physicist.
Read article 'Armin Hermann 1933–2024'
Armin Hermann co-edited the authoritative History of CERN volumes covering the period from the beginnings of the Organization up to 1965.
Read article 'How to democratise radiation therapy'
Manjit Dosanjh and Steinar Stapnes tell the Courier about the need to disrupt the market for a technology that is indispensable when treating cancer.
Read article 'CERN teams up with ET on civil engineering'
The Einstein Telescope requires a new underground infrastructure in the form of a triangle with 10 km-long arms.
Read article 'US and CERN sign joint statement of intent'
In April, CERN and the US government released a joint statement of intent concerning future planning for large research infrastructures, advanced scientific computing and open scie...