Tag: Nobel prize
The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of academic, cultural and/or scientific advances.
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CERN congratulates Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which discovered high-energy neutrinos coming from far beyond our Solar System. This work is paving the way for a new generation of observatories to exploit neutrinos as a unique messenger of extreme environments in the
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New street names at CERN honour distinguished figures
Streets at CERN have carried names since the mid-1960s. While many have been named after renowned figures – historically, mainly men – in science and related fields, others have retained more generic names such as Route des Physiciens and Route des Services. To better reflect the diversity of the people who have contributed to CERN
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Felix Bloch’s Nobel medal now on display at CERN
This year, on the occasion of what would have been the 120th birthday of Felix Bloch, first Director-General of CERN and 1952 Nobel laureate in physics, the physicist’s family generously donated his Nobel prize medal to CERN
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Stellar, meet the explorers of space and the Universe
This event will bring together renowned scientists and astronauts to talk about their research and expeditions
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A Nobel ninetieth
Find out how CERN is celebrating the 90th birthday of former Director-General and Nobel Prize laureate Carlo Rubbia, and how you can be involved
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CERN congratulates winners of 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger share the award for conducting experiments that laid the foundations for advanced quantum technologies