history of cern

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Annual Reports

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CERN70: Tracing particles

Madeleine Znoy was one of the people responsible for “scanning” the films from the bubble chambers for interesting events

Feature
At CERN
26 March, 2024
At CERN
Feature
26 March, 2024

CERN70: The dark side of the muon

Francis Farley, a British physicist, joined CERN in 1957. This marked the start of a long and remarkable career in experiments to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon

Feature
At CERN
14 March, 2024
At CERN
Feature
14 March, 2024

CERN70: The heart of CERN’s accelerator chain

Günther Plass, former Director of Accelerators at CERN, joined the Magnets group at the Proton Synchrotron (PS) in 1956. Three years later, the machine went into service and became the most powerful accelerator in the world

Feature
At CERN
29 February, 2024
At CERN
Feature
29 February, 2024

Happy hundredth Herwig!

Find out how CERN is celebrating the 100th birthday of former Director-General Herwig Schopper, and how you can be involved

News
At CERN
15 February, 2024
At CERN
News
15 February, 2024

CERN70: A first discovery

Giuseppe Fidecaro was among the small group of physicists who performed the first experiment at CERN to provide results in 1958 that would spread the Laboratory’s name around the world

Feature
At CERN
14 February, 2024
At CERN
Feature
14 February, 2024

CERN70: The Laboratory takes shape

Franco Bonaudi, one of the pioneers of CERN's accelerators, looks back at the Laboratory's early years, during which everything had yet to be invented

Feature
At CERN
01 February, 2024
At CERN
Feature
01 February, 2024

CERN celebrates 70 years of scientific discovery and innovation

CERN will turn 70 on 29 September 2024. A rich celebration programme will enable the public to celebrate CERN’s illustrious past and engage with its bright future

Press release
At CERN
25 January, 2024
At CERN
Press release
25 January, 2024

CERN70: Foundations for European science

François de Rose, a French diplomat, was involved in the creation of CERN. In 2004, he still remembered the first discussions that ultimately led to the birth of the Organization

Feature
At CERN
18 January, 2024
At CERN
Feature
18 January, 2024

30 November | CERN screening of "The Geneva Event"

Announcement
At CERN
23 November, 2023
At CERN
Announcement
23 November, 2023

A few words from CERN’s first official guide

Félix Hoffmann was a CERN tour guide for more than 50 years

Opinion
At CERN
27 September, 2023
At CERN
Opinion
27 September, 2023

IUPAP holds the 8th edition of the International Conference on Women in Physics

CERN and IUPAP collaboration that led to the formation of the IUPAP Women in Physics working group has come a long way

News
At CERN
24 July, 2023