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The Super Proton Synchrotron is the last accelerator that had to awaken before the restart of the Large Hadron Collider in 2017
The accelerator chain and the experiments that it serves are gradually awakening after the extended year-end technical stop (EYETS)
Almost ready: the LHC and its injectors are starting up one after the other
The latest issue of Accelerating News has been published and is now available to read online
As part of the EYETS activities, the Linac3 ion source was converted to a xenon ion source
A review of LHC operation and system performance at the annual LHC performance workshop in Chamonix, France
Fabiola Gianotti looks back at a remarkable 2016 and looks towards CERN's challenges in 2017
The only light-source laboratory in the Middle East celebrates its first beam, a milestone towards running experiments later this year
The final installment of In Practice looks at what lies ahead for experimentalists and their field
The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design
Issue 19 of Accelerating News is now available online
As the 2016 LHC run ends, the machine has transcended the dreams of its designers
