News
News
ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time
In a Nature paper, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter
Black hole aligns with Sun and CERN telescope
On 18 December 2016 the Sun aligned with the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, allowing CAST to search for any exotic particles it might emit
ALPHA experiment observes the light spectrum of antimatter for the first time
The ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This achievement features technological developments that open up a completely new era in high-precision antimatter research.
News from the Council
I would like to bring you the main news from the last Council week of 2016, which concluded today.
CERN’s Procurement and Industrial Services Group Honoured
The CERN Procurement and Industrial Services group has been awarded the EIPM - Peter Kraljic Award for Innovation and Process Excellence
Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN
At its 183 session, CERN Council voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Slovenia to Associate Membership in the pre-stage to Membership of CERN.
CERN IT department wins EMEA award
The award was presented for an Open Compute Project investigation into whether or not it could be sent out for public procurement
AWAKE: Making waves in accelerator technology
The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design
Accelerating News Issue December 2016 now available
Issue 19 of Accelerating News is now available online
Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services
A tripartite agreement between CERN, France and Switzerland reinforces cooperation between their respective emergency services