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New collimators are being installed and tested in the LHC. They will improve its protection and prepare it for higher luminosity in the HL-LHC
The LHC shows its teeth each time protons misbehave
Precision results from the TOTEM experiment provide further explanation on proton-proton interactions at high energies
Maintenance, upgrades and new equipment for the accelerator complex during the year-end technical stop
The CMS collaboration closes in on exotic long-lived particles that could get trapped in its detector layers
Marilena Streit-Bianchi reminisces about her role in the first PET (positron-emission tomography) image taken at CERN
The crab cavities, a new technology to brighten up the future, will play an important role in the High-Luminosity LHC
The last components of AWAKE – its electron source, electron beam line and electron spectrometer – have just been installed
New septum magnets will send the beam to the four rings of the PS Booster after the Long Shutdown 2
A mock-up fire emergency was organised at two of CERN’s biggest office buildings
The two crab cavities have been put in their helium vessels and are currently being installed in their cryostat
With the connection between ELENA and GBAR already in place, the commissioning of the decelerator with antiprotons is about to begin