News on Particle physics in 2014

Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti is next CERN Director-General

4 November 2014

Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti is next CERN Director-GeneralAt its 173rd Closed Session today, CERN Council selected the Italian physicist, Dr Fabiola Gianotti, as the Organization’s next Director-General. She will begin on 1 January 2016 and run for a period of five years.

CERN turns 60 and celebrates peaceful collaboration for science

29 September 2014

CERN turns 60 and celebrates peaceful collaboration for scienceFounded in 1954, CERN is today the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and a prime example of international collaboration, bringing together scientists of almost 100 nationalities.