history of cern

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CERN Science Gateway: architecture at the service of knowledge

Science Gateway, the most recent of CERN’s iconic buildings, is the latest in a long line of innovative architectural concepts aiming to bring different communities together around scientific research

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At CERN
17 July, 2023

70 years of theoretical physics at CERN

The provisional CERN Council, during its first session in May 1952, founded the Theory Study Group as one of four study groups tasked with planning a unique laboratory

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At CERN
31 August, 2022
At CERN
News
31 August, 2022

Higgs10: When spring 2012 turned to summer

It was just a few short weeks in mid-2012, but they were so intense that it felt like years. As 4 July drew near, the ATLAS and CMS experiments could sense that they were homing in on something big.

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Physics
04 July, 2022
Physics
Feature
04 July, 2022

Higgs10: Big Bang Day

On 10 September 2008, the LHC circulated its first beams. It may not have been all plain sailing from then on, but the adventure had begun.

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Physics
20 June, 2022
Physics
Feature
20 June, 2022

Higgs10: The dramatic last year of CERN’s flagship LEP collider

The year 2000 was set to be the last year of running for CERN’s Large Electron–Positron (LEP) collider, and it ended dramatically

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Physics
31 May, 2022

Higgs10: Three-quarters of the way there

The direct discovery of the W and Z bosons at the SppS in 1983 provided solid experimental support for the existence of the Higgs boson

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Physics
25 May, 2022
Physics
Feature
25 May, 2022

Higgs10: Higgs boson and the Standard Model in the 70s

As the various breakthroughs of the 1970s gradually consolidated the Standard Model, the Brout–Englert–Higgs field and its boson emerged as the most promising theoretical model to explain the origin of mass

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Physics
10 May, 2022

Higgs10: A boson is born

The Higgs boson holds the record (48 years) among elementary particles for the time between prediction and discovery, going from an esoteric technicality to commanding the global spotlight at the world’s most powerful collider

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Physics
28 April, 2022
Physics
Feature
28 April, 2022

Brazil to become an Associate Member State of CERN

On 3 March 2022, CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and Brazilian Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Marcos Pontes signed an agreement admitting Brazil as an Associate Member State of CERN

Press release
At CERN
12 April, 2022
At CERN
Press release
12 April, 2022

CERN and IUPAP: A long-standing partnership

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) gets ready to mark its centenary year in 2022 and, as a long-standing partner, CERN will be part of the celebrations

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At CERN
08 December, 2021
At CERN
News
08 December, 2021

Latvia becomes Associate Member State of CERN

CERN has been officially notified that the remaining steps for the entry into force of Latvia's Associate Membership have been completed

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At CERN
02 August, 2021

Poland celebrates 30 years of CERN membership

Thirty years ago today, the Polish flag flew alongside those of CERN’s other Member States for the first time

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At CERN
01 July, 2021