Speaking at the 135th session of the CERN Council, the Director General, Robert Aymar, hailed a year of impressive progress towards the LHC project. 'In one year, we have made great progress,' he said. 'The challenge is not over, of course, but we have great confidence of maintaining the schedule for start-up in 2007.' >>

A major component that will help target the CNGS neutrino beam for its 732km journey through the earth's crust, from CERN to the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy, has been installed in its final position. >>

A CERN theorist is among the recipients of the American Physical Society's annual Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. >>

Former CERN Director General, Herwig Schopper, has been awarded the UNESCO Niels Bohr Gold Medal award. >>