As a result of the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the injectors will restart at the end of the year and the LHC will restart in autumn 2021

Novel cryostat units have been installed for the High-Luminosity LHC to allow insertion of room-temperature collimators in the LHC’s 1.9 K cryostats

A Dutch start-up will deploy structured laser beam technology in mobile telecommunication networks

The LHC’s external beam dumps are currently being upgraded ready for Run 3

Work is in progress to modernise the fire protection system in the SPS

A new type of plasma cell, known as a helicon cell, is being studied for AWAKE. The aim is to generate a greater quantity of plasma in one go

CERN surveyors have developed a procedure based on interferometry to determine the position of cold masses inside the cryostats of the future HL-LHC

Major renovation work is under way across the entirety of CERN’s electrical network to modernise certain key facilities

The assembly of the new muon small wheels and the upgrades on the electronics and trigger systems are progressing well

Hot water from the LHC’s cooling system at Point 8 will be collected to heat a new area of the neighbouring commune of Ferney-Voltaire

At CERN, 40 000 cables will be installed or removed during LS2. Laid end to end, they would stretch for 2000 kilometres!

The Prime Minister paid a visit to the Laboratory on 11 June