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We are optimistic that we will have a successful luminosity production period this summer
The LHC is performing well and the injector complex is treating its experimental users to a high level of beam availability
In the last two weeks, the LHC teams have encountered two main challenges that have led to some changes to the filling scheme
The LHC Early Career Mentoring Committee and CERN’s Women in Technology group have teamed up to launch a new mentoring programme open to the whole CERN community
The interaction strength of neutrinos had never previously been measured in this energy range
From high above to far below, journey through the CERN highlights of 2023
The CMS collaboration sheds light on hadron formation
The first observation of collider neutrinos at the LHC paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios
The VELO (Vertex Locator), the most recent addition to LHCb, was successfully installed a few weeks before the start of Run 3