Tag: News

  • AWAKE sows the seeds of controlled particle acceleration using plasma wakefields

    AWAKE sows the seeds of controlled particle acceleration using plasma wakefields

    The AWAKE collaboration has successfully seeded the self-modulation of a proton bunch, to control and stabilise plasma waves that can accelerate electrons with record gradients

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  • Bike to Work 2022 wraps up with CERN first in French-speaking Switzerland

    Bike to Work 2022 wraps up with CERN first in French-speaking Switzerland

    With participation at pre-COVID levels, the CERN community pedalled its way to the top of the competition

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  • CERN welcomes INFN and IIT as new members of its IBM Quantum Network hub

    CERN welcomes INFN and IIT as new members of its IBM Quantum Network hub

    Two European research institutes have recently signed an agreement to become the latest members of CERN’s hub in the IBM Quantum Network.

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  • Computer Security: Thank you, folks!

    “Thank you, folks!” to all of you for helping us keep the Organization secure

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  • HL-LHC magnet endurance test further confirms niobium–tin’s resilience

    HL-LHC magnet endurance test further confirms niobium–tin’s resilience

    A full-size, US-produced HL-LHC quadrupole magnet based on niobium–tin technology has passed a critical endurance test, another step towards confirming the technology’s viability inside accelerators

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  • CERN tech in space: the first CERN-driven satellite has been successfully launched

    With the launch of the CELESTA satellite for radiation monitoring in space, CERN shows its expertise in the field of radiation effects on electronics

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  • ATLAS measures joint polarisation of carriers of the weak force

    Joint-polarisation measurements of the W and Z bosons provide new opportunities to look for physics beyond the Standard Model

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  • Environmental awareness: Biodiversity at CERN

    This last infographic in the series highlights the diverse ecosystems that are found around CERN, host to a variety of species of flora and fauna

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  • Promising start for future environmental applications of CERN technologies

    On 27 June, the CIPEA Innovation Day welcomed 15 innovative project proposals reflecting the CERN community’s commitment to tackling environmental challenges

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  • CMS measures rare particle decay with high precision

    Using LHC Run 2 data, CMS has precisely measured the rare decay of strange B-mesons to muon-antimuon pairs. While its properties agree with Standard Model predictions, it may provide clues to new discoveries in Run 3

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