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First particle tracks seen in prototype for international neutrino experiment
The largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world has just recorded its first particle tracks, signaling the start of a new chapter in the story of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).
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.
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.
Filipino and Indian students win CERN Beamline for Schools competition 2018
The Beamline for Schools contest is open to high-school students from around the world who want to experience the life of a scientist
Major work starts to boost the luminosity of the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially entering a new stage. Today, a ground-breaking ceremony at CERN celebrates the start of the civil-engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC): a new milestone in CERN’s history.
The Higgs boson reveals its affinity for the top quark
New results from the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC reveal how strongly the Higgs boson interacts with the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark, corroborating our understanding of the Higgs and setting constraints on new physics.
World’s first crabbing of a proton beam
CERN successfully tests crab cavities, a key component of the High-Luminosity LHC
OPERA collaboration presents its final results on neutrino oscillations. All data publicly available on the CERN Open Data Portal
The OPERA collaboration reports the observation of a total of 10 candidate events for a muon to tau-neutrino conversion, in what are the very final results of the experiment.
A new era of precision for antimatter research
The ALPHA experiment at CERN has measured a light-induced transition in antihydrogen with unprecedented precision
CERN invites photographers to go behind the scenes
On 1 June 2018, 20 photographers will be given an exclusive opportunity to explore the world’s largest particle physics laboratory