Read article 'Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019'
Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019
Since the early 1960s his vision and organisational skills helped shape experimental particle physics in Czechoslovakia and Czechia.
Read article 'Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019'
Read article '50 years of the GIM mechanism'
50 years of the GIM mechanism
A symposium to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Glashow, Iliopoulos and Maiani's explanation of the suppression of strangeness-changing neutral currents was held in Shanghai.
Read article 'CERN’s proton synchrotron turns 60'
CERN’s proton synchrotron turns 60
A colloquium was held at CERN on 25 November 2019.
Read article 'Maxwell’s enduring legacy'
Maxwell’s enduring legacy
Malcom Longair has written a monumental account of the Cavendish Laboratory.
Read article 'ATLAS – A 25 Year Insider Story of the LHC Experiment'
ATLAS – A 25 Year Insider Story of the LHC Experiment
117 authors collaborated to write on diverse aspects of the ATLAS project.
Read article 'The Weil conjectures'
The Weil conjectures
Karen Olsson's book tours the lives of Simone Weil and her brother, the noted mathematician André Weil.
Read article 'Austria and CERN celebrate 60 years'
Austria and CERN celebrate 60 years
Associated in bygone days with the UA1 and DELPHI, today hundreds of Austrian scientists contribute to CERN’s experimental programme.
Read article 'The rise of French particle physics'
The rise of French particle physics
Founded 80 years ago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is one of Europe’s largest research institutions.
Read article 'L’essor de la physique des particules en France'
L’essor de la physique des particules en France
Fondé il y a 80 ans, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), en France, est l’une des plus importantes institutions de recherche en Europe.
Read article 'LEP’s electroweak leap'
LEP’s electroweak leap
In the autumn of 1989 the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP) delivered the first of several results that still dominate the landscape of particle physics today.
