CERN Accelerating science

CERN Director-General from 1981 to 1988, he oversaw the successful completion of the largest particle accelerator of its time

Artificial intelligence has been used at CERN since the 1980s; now a new Steering Committee is helping the Organization adopt it more widely

So far the summer run has seen solid progress in luminosity production, but also some unexpected beam and machine behaviour. Careful monitoring revealed a hardware issue, now being closely watched as the LHC continues to perform at full capacity.

As part of his “Swiss@UNESCO – Diplomacy on Wheels” tour, the Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO drove his Microlino car to CERN on 15 August

CERN’s 2025 Summer Student programmes welcomed 341 young scientists and engineers from more than 100 nations to experience the cutting edge of particle physics research.

The donation was celebrated during a visit to CERN by the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research on 30 July

AI data analysis techniques developed at CERN were showcased during a side event of INC-5.2 – the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting in Geneva to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution

Check out this curated list of upcoming events for the CERN community

Boost your health at work by joining the CERN Medical Service campaign on Tuesday, 16 September

Trailblazing plasma wakefield experiment, AWAKE, begins its upgrade one year ahead of the rest of CERN’s accelerator complex