Category: Experiments
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Michele Arneodo (1959–2025)
Michele Arneodo(1959–2025) — Michele Arneodo, professor of physics at the University of Piemonte Orientale and Chair elect of the CMS Collaboration Board, passed away on 12 August 2025 at the age of 65. Born in Turin in 1959, Michele graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Turin in 1982. He was awarded
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Towards new physics with bent crystals
Double crystal channelling was observed for the first time at the LHC, a milestone for future short-lived particle research
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Celebrating the outstanding achievements of the ATLAS collaboration
The ATLAS collaboration celebrated the dedication, ingenuity and collaborative spirit of its members at the 8th Outstanding Achievement Awards
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AMS upgrade passes qualification tests with flying colours
A new set of “eyes” that will enhance the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer’s sensitivity to cosmic rays is now one step closer to space, thanks to recent progress at CERN
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LHCb announces its 2025 collaboration prizes
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the LHCb Thesis Awards, Early Career Scientist Awards and Technical Awards
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Antiprotons to test the Standard Model
The PAX experiment, the first user of the antimatter factory’s new test beamline, is studying quantum electrodynamics using atoms containing an antiproton
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Alasdair Smith (1942–2025)
Alasdair Smith(1942–2025) — Alasdair Smith passed away in March at the age of 82. After receiving a PhD in physics from the University of Glasgow in 1970, Alasdair began a long career at CERN, working on experiments at the ISR, then on OPAL at LEP and, finally, on LHCb at the LHC. At the ISR,
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AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution
The AEgIS collaboration, led by a team from the Technical University of Munich, has repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of imaging antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution
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ATLAS celebrates its 2024 thesis award winners
Every year, these awards celebrate the outstanding achievements made by PhD students working with the collaboration
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Steering ATLAS forward with new management
Spokesperson Stéphane Willocq and Deputy Spokespersons Anna Sfyrla and Guillaume Unal will lead the collaboration for the next two years