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In a new blog series, ATLAS-collaboration members from all over the world share their stories
The Langton Ultimate Cosmic-ray Intensity Detector used CERN Medipix particle detectors to collect data from space
The increase in total beam currents has flushed out two major but familiar issues
CERN researchers performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the third annual workshop of ‘The physics of music and the music of physics’
An agreement that was recently signed between CERN and Sri Lanka will allow more Sri Lankan scientists and teachers to participate in CERN programmes
This year’s European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP2015) will be held on 22 – 29 July
The LHCb experiment has observed for the first time particles made up of five quarks
After a week of preparations for operation at higher intensity, physics data collection has resumed at the LHC
CERN will be back at the Montreux Jazz Festival for its third annual workshop: ‘The Physics of Music and The Music of Physics’ on 9 July at 3pm
Check out a new podcast from particle physicists Tova Holmes and Laura Jeanty that brings you right to the heart of the ATLAS collaboration
This afternoon will see the 50th meeting of the INTC, with presentations on progress from ISOLDE, HIE-ISOLDE and nTOF, among others
There will be an open symposium about the SHiP project from 2pm to 6pm on 2 July in CERN's Main Auditorium (500-1-001)