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How much does a kilogram weigh?

During a seminar at CERN, Klaus von Klitzing, the 1985 Physics Nobel Laureate, explained how the definition of the kilogram will be revolutionised

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At CERN
02 November, 2017
At CERN
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02 November, 2017

CLEAR prospects for accelerator research

A new user facility, the CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR), hosts accelerator research and development projects

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Accelerators
01 November, 2017
Accelerators
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01 November, 2017

The Sense of Beauty: when science meets the seventh art

On 16 November at 18:00, a premiere screening of the film "The Sense of Beauty" will take place in the Main Auditorium

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At CERN
01 November, 2017

From Earth to space: developing radiation-tolerant systems

CERN develops new technologies that have applications not only in particle physics experiments, but also in the aerospace industry

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Knowledge sharing
01 November, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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01 November, 2017

Happy Dark Matter Day

While 31 October may mean Halloween to some, to laboratories around the world it means Dark Matter Day

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Knowledge sharing
31 October, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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31 October, 2017

LHC reaches 2017 targets ahead of schedule

With 19 days still to go, the LHC has reached its 2017 production target, delivering more than 45 inverse femtobarns to the experiments

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Accelerators
30 October, 2017
Accelerators
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30 October, 2017

ATLAS finds evidence of ttH production

ATLAS finds evidence of the Higgs boson produced in association with a pair of top quarks

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At CERN
30 October, 2017
At CERN
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30 October, 2017

Xenon in the SPS: First tests for a photon factory

Partially ionised xenon atoms have been accelerated in the SPS to test a new gamma-ray source concept

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Accelerators
27 October, 2017
Accelerators
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27 October, 2017

Netzwerk Teilchenwelt: German high-school students at CERN

Five high-school students from Germany conducted their own research at CERN as part of the Netzwerk Teilchenwelt programme

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At CERN
27 October, 2017

From the web to a start-up near you

Twenty years ago, in 1997, CERN set up a reinforced policy and team to support its knowledge- and technology-transfer activities

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Computing
26 October, 2017
Computing
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26 October, 2017