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As the ICHEP 2016 conference draws to a close tonight, the BBC will broadcast a new show following scientists at CERN from June 2015
The MoEDAL experiment published new data today, closing gap on where to search for the elusive magnetic monopole particle
Innovative technologies for next-generation neutrino detectors are currently being tested in the CERN Neutrino Platform project WA105
Have fun and catch them all. But also take some physical and digital care
Particle physicists are showcasing a wealth of brand new results from LHC experiments at CERN, at the “ICHEP 2016” conference in Chicago
This year marks the 10,000th teacher to visit CERN since its first teacher programme in 1998
According to TripAdvisor, CERN is Geneva’s top tourist attraction, welcoming almost 110,000 visitors per year
The ATLAS experiment at CERN released data from 100 trillion proton-proton collisions in the LHC in 2012
After two months at full throttle, the LHC is taking a short break to allow various studies of its operation
On 27 July, SESAME, the new synchrotron facility for the Middle East and neighbouring countries, announced its first call for experiment proposals
The production of the new niobium-tin cables for the high-performance superconducting magnets of the HL-LHC is now in full swing at CERN
A new bunch injection scheme from the PS to the SPS allowed the LHC to achieve a new peak luminosity record
