CERN Accelerating science

Isoprene emitted by tropical forests may provide a globally important source of aerosol particles that influence clouds, according to a new study by the CLOUD collaboration at CERN

The result opens a new window into the study of the quark–gluon plasma that is believed to have filled the Universe briefly after the Big Bang

Rolf Heuer was CERN Director-General during an era when multiple open science initiatives were launched by the Organization

Ugo Amaldi helped create a European network of cancer therapy centres using beams of ions, in particular carbon ions

Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026

Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, was spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider from 2009 to 2013 and responsible for announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, alongside the CMS spokesperson

The ATLAS experiment at the LHC reveals how pairs of top quarks are produced along with other heavy quarks

Jürgen Schukraft was the first spokesperson of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

The aim of the third update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics is to develop a visionary and concrete plan that greatly advances human knowledge in fundamental physics through the realisation of the next flagship project at CERN

With new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations, the ALICE collaboration explores the strong interaction of three-body systems at the LHC.

Lyn Evans was Project Leader for the Large Hadron Collider

The timing and duration of the third long shutdown (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider and injector complex has changed, here’s why