CERN Courier

4 weeks ago | cerncourier.com | Jim Al-Khalili

Quantum Drama, by Jim Baggott and John L Heilbron, Oxford University Press When I was an undergraduate physics student in the mid-1980s, I fell in love with the philosophy of quantum mechanics.

Sep 16, 2024 | cerncourier.com | Anthony Butler

The seventh workshop on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors was held at CERN from 15 to 18 April. This year’s workshop brought together more than 100 experts in medical imaging, radiology, physics and engineering. The workshop focused on the latest advancements in spectroscopic X-ray detectors and their applications in medical diagnostics and treatment.

Jul 5, 2024 | cerncourier.com | Robert Byer

On-chip acceleration pioneers Robert Byer, Joel England, Peter Hommelhoff and Roy Shiloh report on progress to miniaturise accelerators from centimetres to microns.

Jul 5, 2024 | cerncourier.com | Silvia Pascoli

Newly appointed EuCAPT director Silvia Pascoli sets out her vision for disentangling fundamental questions involving dark matter, the baryon asymmetry, neutrinos, cosmic rays, gravitational waves, dark energy and other cosmic relics. Astroparticle physics connects the extremely small with the extremely large. At the interface of particle physics, cosmology and astronomy, the field ties particles and interactions to the hot Big Bang cosmological model.

Mar 5, 2024 | cerncourier.com | Hannes Jung

By accepting sanctions in science, writes Hannes Jung, we allow the dominance of politics over scientific cooperation In the aftermath of World War II, nations came together and formed the United Nations (UN) with the purpose, as stated in the first article of the UN charter, “… to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace”. With more than 100 ongoing wars and military conflicts, we are further away than ever from this ideal. This marks a...