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 ...
Read article 'The changing world of EPJC'
it is worth noting a fact that is often overlooked by the scientific community, namely the concomitant affirmation of the role of scientific journals.
Read article 'The incomprehensibility principle'
Gordon Fraser ponders on paying attention.
Read article 'Charting the future of European particle physics'
The original CERN convention, which was drafted nearly 60 years ago, foresaw that the organization should have a role as co-ordinator for European particle physics, as well as operating international...
Read article 'ESO and CERN – 50 years later'
Catherine Cesarsky reflects on the long-standing relationship between the two flourishing European organizations.
Read article 'An important day for science'
CERN’s director-general, Rolf Heuer, looks beyond the results announced on 4 July to a wider significance.
Read article 'From ionization of air to beyond the LHC'
Alan Watson looks at how the links between particle physics and cosmic-ray research have evolved over the past century.
