Tag: CERN community
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François Englert (1932 – 2026)
François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist, passed away on 18 June at the age of 93 in Uccle (Brussels, Belgium). With his associate, Robert Brout, he demonstrated that fundamental particles could acquire mass by interacting with a fundamental field that exists throughout the universe. At the same time, British physicist Peter Higgs had independently hypothesised the existence
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Shaping the future of non-collider physics at CERN
Non-collider activities are a vital component of CERN’s scientific ecosystem, supporting a diverse user community of more than 3000 scientists and enabling a wide range of experiments beyond the high-energy frontier. Through initiatives such as the Physics Beyond Colliders programme, CERN has already fostered innovative proposals for new experiments that leverage its unique accelerator complex
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LHCb discovers the final missing member of a doubly charmed particle family
The LHCb Collaboration has found a new particle consisting of one strange quark and two charm quarks. With this finding, the Collaboration has discovered the final member of a family of doubly charmed baryons – particles made up of two charm quarks and one other quark – and closes a chapter of a story that
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CERN at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2026, Warsaw
More than 30 CERN colleagues from Beams, Engineering, Experimental Physics, Finance, Human resources, IT and Accelerator Systems departments represented CERN at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit in Warsaw – Europe’s biggest conference and career fair for women in STEM and tech. CERN’s presence aimed to encourage more women to join and help shape the future
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Powering the future of data science at CERN
CERN data centres are being transformed in preparation for HiLumi LHC
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Members of BASE Collaboration receive awards for their research
Jonathan Morgner, a researcher at CERN’s BASE experiment, was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal on 17 June 2026. The Otto Hahn Medal is awarded by the Max Planck Society, in Germany, to early-career researchers across a variety of disciplines in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement with the aim of encouraging these researchers to continue pursuing
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Electrical Safety Awareness Day | Join us on 25 June in Restaurant 2 to learn more about electrical risks and how to mitigate them
Electricity powers our world, but how confident are you with it? Are you switched on to electrical safety best practices, or could your knowledge use a spark to ensure that you and others stay safe? We all interact with electricity every day, but we may be less aware of the actual risks it poses. Whether
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Organising and coordinating activities during LS3: a shared responsibility
LS3 is set to be a busy period for CERN, with a wide range of activities taking place across the accelerators, experiments and buildings on the site – from construction, maintenance and upgrades, to consolidation and installation work, transport operations, tests and more. When these interventions overlap, the risks associated with concurrent activities increase. To
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Upcoming events
Check out this curated selection of upcoming events for the CERN community
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Summer is coming, and so are the wasps!
Wasps are a nuisance that unfortunately come hand in hand with warm spring days. Here are a few tips to help minimise their presence so that we can enjoy the outdoors in peace: Enjoy the great outdoors, have fun, but don’t get stung!