Tag: General public

  • The Open Quantum Institute launches its pilot phase at CERN

    The Open Quantum Institute launches its pilot phase at CERN

    The three-year pilot will build on the efforts to date to help unleash the full power of quantum computing for the benefit of all

    Explore →

  • LHCb observes a new decay mode of the charmed beauty meson

    LHCb observes a new decay mode of the charmed beauty meson

    The result has implications for future searches for rare beauty meson decays and for the interpretation of results from the Fermilab g-2 experiment

    Explore →

  • ABB and CERN identify 17.4% energy-saving opportunity in the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors

    ABB and CERN identify 17.4% energy-saving opportunity in the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors

    Through a strategic research partnership focused on CERN’s cooling and ventilation systems, energy efficiency audits have helped to identify a savings potential of 17.4% across a total of 800 motors

    Explore →

  • A new data centre at CERN

    A new data centre at CERN

    The new data centre complements the existing centre and will allow CERN to respond to the growing data-processing needs of the worldwide scientific community

    Explore →

  • From particle physics to medicine

    From particle physics to medicine

    Spend a fascinating evening discovering how the technologies of particle physics are driving progress in medicine

    Explore →

  • AEgIS experiment paves the way for new set of antimatter studies by laser-cooling positronium

    AEgIS experiment paves the way for new set of antimatter studies by laser-cooling positronium

    In cooling positronium with laser light for the first time, AEgIS may also have taken the first step towards a matter–antimatter system that emits laser-like gamma-ray light

    Explore →

  • CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break

    CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break

    A new physics run is about to begin! The first particle beams should reach the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on 11 March

    Explore →

  • CMS collaboration explores how AI can be used to search for partner particles to the Higgs boson

    CMS collaboration explores how AI can be used to search for partner particles to the Higgs boson

    This search uses computer vision techniques to look for collimated bursts of light, a potential signature of Higgs partner particles

    Explore →

  • Hearing the sound of quark–gluon plasma

    Hearing the sound of quark–gluon plasma

    The CMS collaboration has measured the speed of sound in the quark–gluon plasma more precisely than ever before, offering new insights into this extremely hot state of matter

    Explore →

  • CERN Council reviews progress of feasibility study for a next-generation collider

    CERN Council reviews progress of feasibility study for a next-generation collider

    At its half-way mark, a study investigating the feasibility of a 91-kilometre Future Circular Collider to potentially follow the Large Hadron Collider at CERN shows significant progress

    Explore →