Tag: General public
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Ireland becomes an Associate Member State of CERN
CERN welcomes Ireland as an Associate Member State
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The accelerator chain prepares for high luminosity
The accelerators that feed into the Large Hadron Collider are ready to supply more intense beams
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Fusing forces – accelerating open science through collaboration
More than 350 participants from over 40 countries met at CERN to discuss the future of open science
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LHC inducted into TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
TIME has chosen the LHC as one of the 25 most iconic inventions from the past 25 years
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The CERN chips transforming science and society
From the first colour X-rays to detecting forgeries in the art world, semiconductor chips based on those originally designed for particle physics experiments continue to impact society in new and unexpected ways thanks to CERN’s Medipix collaborations
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European Strategy update enters final straight
The completion of the Physics Briefing Book on 2 October marks a major milestone towards the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics
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White Rabbit meets quantum entanglement
The CERN-born open-source timing technology is being tested for use in quantum networks and secure quantum communication
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2025 Beamline for Schools winners at CERN, DESY and the University of Bonn
The three laboratories welcomed the winners of the 2025 Beamline for Schools competition from 10 to 24 September
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Preserving particle physics data
A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future physicists is crucial
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Searching for new physics with beauty particles
A new LHCb analysis confirms a previously observed tension with the Standard Model, but more data and improved theoretical calculations are needed to determine whether new physics is at play