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Roland Windmolders (1940 – 2020)
Roland Windmolders(1940 – 2020) — Roland Windmolders, our dear colleague, died suddenly on 27 November 2020 in Prévessin (FR). Of Belgian nationality, he completed his university education at the University of Louvain (BE), first in civil engineering and then in mathematics and physics. At the age of 27, he defended his PhD in particle physics
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CLOUD at CERN reveals the role of iodine acids in atmospheric aerosol formation
The results suggest a new mechanism that could accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice
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Implementing a vision for CERN’s future
The 2020 update of the European strategy for particle physics forms the basis of CERN’s objectives for the next five years, explains Fabiola Gianotti
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Estonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to Membership
CERN welcomes Estonia as an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership
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Potassium nucleus loses some of its magic
A new study at ISOLDE finds no signature of a “magic” number of neutrons in potassium-51, challenging the proposed magic nature of nuclei with 32 neutrons
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BASE opens up new possibilities in the search for cold dark matter
The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN’s Antimatter Factory has set new limits on how easily axion-like particles could turn into photons
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Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931 – 2021)
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman(1931 – 2021) — Martinus (“Tini”) Veltman started his scientific career relatively late: he obtained his PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1963(1) under the supervision of Leon Van Hove, but had already moved to CERN in 1961, where Van Hove had been named Leader of the CERN Theory Division. At
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Günther Plass (1930 – 2020)
Günther Plass(1930 – 2020) — Günther Plass, a former Director of Accelerators, passed away on 11 December 2020, aged 90. Günther made decisive contributions to the development and successful operation of many of CERN’s large facilities. After graduating from the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg, and a short detour via an industrial magnet laboratory in Germany, he
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André Martin (1929 – 2020)
André Martin(1929 – 2020) — André Martin passed away on 11 November 2020. His death is a great loss to the theory community worldwide and to the CERN family. He was one of the pioneers of the Organization, which he joined in 1959. André Martin was born in Paris on 20 September 1929. He studied