If Particle Physics were a railway, who would lay the track and who would drive the trains?

Image: LHC magnet being assembled. If Particle Physics were a railway, CERN would be in charge of laying and maintaining the tracks and signalling. Image © CERN. This weekend, I’ve been visiting some friends from my university days. While catching up, they asked me a question which I get a lot: are you still workingContinue reading “If Particle Physics were a railway, who would lay the track and who would drive the trains?”

Teaching in Corsica

Image: Carlo Venturi. Students and lecturers during a discussion session. Last spring, I was fortunate to be invited to lecture at the “BCD summer school” held in Corsica at the Institut d’Études Scientifiques de Cargèse. The BCD summer school is designed as a shared forum for physics masters students from Bologna, Clermont-Ferrand and Dortmund. ItContinue reading “Teaching in Corsica”