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LHC Report: 48 fb-1 and counting
Since the recovery from the recent machine development period, the LHC has been in luminosity production mode, crawling its way up towards 60 fb-1
Now going live – the Learning Hub at CERN
Learning is good for you, and it’s good for CERN. And it just got easier! So dive into the Learning Hub and sample CERN's rich world of learning
The Large Hadron Collider: 10 years and counting
Ten years ago, protons circulated CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time, marking the end of years of design and construction
ATTRACT initiative to fund detection and imaging innovation
CERN and other European organisations join forces to help fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential
Hunting for dark quarks
A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate
AWAKE achieves first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave
In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the AWAKE collaboration at CERN reports the first ever successful acceleration of electrons using a wave generated by protons zipping through a plasma.
AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons
Proton beams from the SPS at CERN were used to generate plasma waves upon which the electrons “surfed”
Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed
Six years after its discovery, the Higgs boson has at last been observed decaying to fundamental particles known as bottom quarks.
Become a volunteer for Researchers’ Night at CERN!
On Friday, 28 September 2018 CERN organises Researchers’ Night for the 9th consecutive year!
Launch of the new CERN Learning Hub
Learning is good for you, and it’s good for CERN. And it just got easier! So dive into the Learning Hub and sample the rich world of learning