The Large Hadron Collider gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first time. Oxygen–oxygen and neon–neon collisions are also on the menu of the next few days
Glass sculptures by Slovak artist Ján Zoričák, some created using materials from CERN experiments, are on display at the Globe of Science and Innovation until 24 August
Discussions this week at the Open Symposium of the European Strategy for Particle Physics demonstrate strong progress towards ensuring that CERN remains a world leader in collider physics and technology
