Tag: News

  • Future Circular Collider innovation and the economics of big science

    Future Circular Collider innovation and the economics of big science

    Recent events in Brussels highlighted the potential of CERN and the FCC to support new innovations and strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness

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  • CERN Community: take part in the 2024 CERN end-of-year crossword!

    CERN Community: take part in the 2024 CERN end-of-year crossword!

    Submit your answers by 6 January and you could win an LHC Lego set, two Balexert cinema tickets or limited edition CERN70 merchandise

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  • The test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC welcomes its first magnets

    The test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC welcomes its first magnets

    The installation of the High-Luminosity LHC test facility continues with the arrival of two magnet assemblies

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  • SCOAP3 at ten: from open access to open science

    SCOAP3 at ten: from open access to open science

    Find out how, ten years on from its inception, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) now plans a greater global adoption of open science

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  • A tale of two Higgs: CMS searches for the production of Higgs boson pairs

    A tale of two Higgs: CMS searches for the production of Higgs boson pairs

    Using data from Run 2 of the LHC, the experiment has combined a comprehensive set of searches for di-Higgs production, a phenomenon that could provide physicists with clues to the stability of the Universe

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  • ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4

    ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4

    The finding also represents the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet at the LHC

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  • Computer Security: A security balancing act

    Computer Security: A security balancing act

    CERN must be protected against any kind of successful large-scale attack, while maintaining a balance between security, academic freedom and the use of accelerators and experiments

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  • CERN signs long-term solar power agreements

    CERN signs long-term solar power agreements

    Projects can now begin so that 140 GWh/year – about 10% of CERN’s annual electricity consumption during accelerator operation years – will be provided by renewable sources from 2027

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  • Accelerator Report: The excellent 2024 LHC run ended abruptly

    Accelerator Report: The excellent 2024 LHC run ended abruptly

    The LHC was scheduled to conclude its outstanding 2024 run on 25 November, but a massive magnet quench brought it to an end two days early

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  • Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM day at CERN

    Celebrating LGBTQ+ STEM day at CERN

    On 18 November, CERN joined scientific organisations around the world to celebrate LGBTQ+ STEM Day. The day at CERN was marked by the Progress Pride Flag flying on the Esplanade des Particules for the second year running. Additionally, the CERN LGBTQ+ informal network organised a dedicated colloquium on 19 November. LGBTQ+ STEM Day was established

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