Physicist Jiří Niederle dies aged 71

Physicist Jiří Niederle died on Sunday at the age of 71. The academy professor was well known internationally for his work in elementary particles, and played an important role in getting the Czech Republic involved in international science programmes, such as within NATO and UNESCO. As the government envoy to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, it was also through Dr Niederle that many Czech scientists came to be involved with the LHC particle collider in Geneva.