Latest Insights from the CERN Courier: September/October 2025
Uncover the latest discoveries and advancements in particle physics with the newly released September/October 2025 issue of the CERN Courier. This edition delves into pivotal moments in scientific history, future strategic investments for the field, and crucial efforts to preserve decades’ worth of experimental data.
A Look Back at Landmark Discoveries
The issue revisits a remarkable period in physics – 1964 – a year marked by groundbreaking inventions and discoveries like the quark model, the Ω- particle, and the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism. With ATLAS and CMS collaborations reporting intriguing excess near the top–antitop production threshold, physicist John Ellis contemplates whether the final chapter of quarkonia is being written. This offers a fascinating perspective on how far the field has come and what challenges lie ahead.
Shaping the Future: Strategic Investments & CERN’s Role
The scientific community stands at a crossroads in 2025, with the opportunity to shape strategic investments for decades to come. Furthermore, CERN Council president Costas Fountas and European strategy secretary Karl Jakobs share their insights into the growing consensus surrounding the future of particle physics research and CERN’s vital role within it. Notably, these discussions highlight the need for continued funding and collaboration in this critical area.
Preserving a Legacy: LHC Data & Future Generations
The cover image features a classic photograph from the OPAL detector at LEP, symbolizing the ongoing effort to revitalize historic experiment data. With the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) now holding over one exabyte of stored data – an immense amount! – Cristinel Diaconu and Ulrich Schwickerath highlight the urgent need for new collaborations focused on global data preservation. Consequently, this initiative ensures that future generations can access and analyze these invaluable treasures, potentially unlocking even more groundbreaking discoveries in particle physics.
Beyond the Headlines: Diverse Insights
The September/October 2025 issue doesn’t stop there. In addition, readers will also find:
- Considerations on whether dark energy is evolving
- Scalable technology for precision neutrino physics using smaller detectors
- Career advice from IBM’s head of science and technology
- An update on the ATOMKI anomaly
- Highlights from EPS–HEP presented by Andreas Hoecker
Explore the full digital edition on the CERN Courier website.
Stay informed about future issues by emailing cern.courier@cern.ch to request new-issue alerts.
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