CERN Updates
Groundbreaking for an international neutrino experiment
— Works have started today, in the USA, for the LBNF facility that will host giant neutrino detectors. Their prototypes are being developed at CERN.
HIE-ISOLDE: Nuclear physics gets further energy boost
— After installing the third of four cryomodules, the HIE-ISOLDE facility began its 2017 physics run expecting great results
Eagle eye view of CERN
— Follow a drone’s journey as it flies through and over some of CERN’s most interesting sites
LHC experiments delve deeper into precision
— The world’s particle physics community is meeting this week in Venice (Italy) for the EPS International Conference on High Energy Physics
An artist peeks behind CERN’s facade
— Laura Couto Rosado, winner of the "Collide Pro Helvetia" prize, looks forward to continuing her three-month residency at CERN
Accelerating particles - but not just for the LHC
— The chain of accelerators that prepare beams for the LHC also supplies myriad experiments
CERN Data Centre passes the 200-petabyte milestone
— The CERN Data Centre passed a major milestone on 29 June 2017 with more than 200 petabytes of data now archived on tape
LHCb announces a charming new particle
— The LHCb experiment has reported the observation of a baryon containing two charm quarks and one up quark
Slovenia becomes CERN Associate Member State
— On 4 July 2017, the Republic of Slovenia became an Associate Member State of CERN in pre-stage to Membership
Happy 5th anniversary, Higgs boson!
— Five years ago, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations announced the discovery of the Higgs boson
The LHC racks up records
— The Large Hadron Collider has established a new record of luminosity, delivering a huge amount of data to its experiments
Marie Curie, women and science, then and now
— Hélène Langevin-Joliot, physicist and granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, will give a lecture at CERN on 29 June 8.30 p.m. – follow the webcast!
Lithuania to become Associate Member of CERN
— Today, in Vilnius, Lithuania representatives of CERN and Lithuania's government signed the Agreement admitting Lithuania as an Associate Member.
The future of the LHC takes shape
— New magnets designed for the High-Luminosity LHC - the Large Hadron Collider upgrade project – are in the prototype phase
Musician Howie Day records love song to physics
— After Howie Day heard a parody of his 2004 single “Collide”, he flew to Switzerland to sing it at the LHC
CERN’s American sibling Fermilab turns 50
— A look back at fifty years of Fermilab’s history, as it celebrates a half-century of scientific achievement today
High-school physicists win chance to run experiments at CERN
— CERN today announced the winners of its 2017 Beamline for Schools competition: Charging Cavaliers, from Canada, and TCO-ASA, from Italy
Follow the fantastic voyage of the ICARUS detector
— Watch our Facebook Live to learn more about the world’s largest neutrino particle hunter and how it will journey to Fermilab
Discover the hidden treasures of CERN’s archive
— 9 June is International Archives Day and an opportunity to browse CERN’s rich archive
LHC’s objective: maximum intensity
— The LHC has been accelerating more and more protons, and to allow the machine to reach its maximum intensity, it will undergo a thorough scrubbing.
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