CERN Accelerating science

Two European research institutes have recently signed an agreement to become the latest members of CERN’s hub in the IBM Quantum Network.

The AWAKE collaboration has successfully seeded the self-modulation of a proton bunch, to control and stabilise plasma waves that can accelerate electrons with record gradients

With participation at pre-COVID levels, the CERN community pedalled its way to the top of the competition

A full-size, US-produced HL-LHC quadrupole magnet based on niobium–tin technology has passed a critical endurance test, another step towards confirming the technology’s viability inside accelerators

This last infographic in the series highlights the diverse ecosystems that are found around CERN, host to a variety of species of flora and fauna

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have searched for matter–antimatter asymmetry in the interaction between the Higgs boson and the tau lepton

On 27 June, the CIPEA Innovation Day welcomed 15 innovative project proposals reflecting the CERN community’s commitment to tackling environmental challenges

French graphic novelist Benjamin Reiss took advantage of a stay in the Pays de Gex to visit the ISOLDE facility and soak up the world of science

The VELO (Vertex Locator), the most recent addition to LHCb, was successfully installed a few weeks before the start of Run 3

A round of applause broke out in the CERN Control Centre on 5 July at 4.47 p.m. CEST when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detectors started recording high-energy collisions at the unprecedented energy of 13.6 TeV

The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”