CERN Accelerating science

Heavy-ion experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will present their latest results at the Quark Matter 2012 conference

Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour, who delivered the AMS detector to the ISS in 2011

Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space

Good performance followed recovery from extended luminosity calibration runs

On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS

The space-shuttle crew laid a European Physical Society plaque at high-altitude research centre <em>Les Cosmiques</em> near <em>Mont Blanc</em>

Now the dust has settled, we can take stock of the momentous events of 4 July

The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year &ndash; on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre

As part of her prize package, last year's winner Shree Bose won a trip to CERN, which coincided with announcement of a new, Higgs-like particle