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LHC Season 2: First physics at 13 TeV to start tomorrow

On 3 June, experiments at the LHC are set to collect their first physics data in two years, marking the start of the accelerator's second run

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Accelerators
02 June, 2015

LHC Season 2: CERN computing ready for data torrent

The CERN Data Centre has been upgraded to process the huge amounts of data generated by collisions during Run 2 of the LHC, which starts this week

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Computing
02 June, 2015

To tweet or not to tweet?

Researchers being encouraged to coordinate their online communications with CERN - but why?

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At CERN
02 June, 2015
At CERN
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02 June, 2015

Join the Mozilla Science Lab Global Sprint at CERN

This week, IdeaSquare at CERN is one of the host sites for a global hackathon for open-science projects and tools

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Computing
01 June, 2015

Smaller LHC collaborations to analyse collisions at 13 TeV

The MOEDAL, TOTEM and LHCf experiments are preparing to collect data from collisions in the LHC at 13 teraelectronvolts

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Accelerators
01 June, 2015

Major work to ready the LHC experiments for Run 2

Next week, the LHC experiments will start taking data for the LHC's second run. Find out how they used the long shutdown to upgrade their detectors

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Experiments
29 May, 2015

CERN takes to reddit to discuss new energy frontier

CERN researchers answered your questions about the birth of the web, data analysis, and the upcoming LHC physics at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
29 May, 2015

First images of collisions at 13 TeV

Last night, for the first time, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 TeV. See the first images

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Accelerators
21 May, 2015
Accelerators
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21 May, 2015

Protons set to collide at 13 TeV to prepare for physics

These first collisions at 13 TeV in the LHC are to set up systems that protect detectors from stray particles before they are fully switched on

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Accelerators
20 May, 2015

Chronicles of CMS: the saga of LS1

Austin Ball of the CMS collaboration looks back at the vast amount of work done during LS1 and some of the challenges that arose along the way

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At CERN
13 May, 2015
At CERN
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13 May, 2015