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The CCC is the nerve centre of the CERN beam systems. The people at the five consoles work 24/7 to get everything ready for Run 2
Watch a timelapse video of the huge LHC detectors ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb preparing to start up again
Two years ago, CERN's accelerators and experiments shut down for maintenance, to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV
The first prototype module of the Compact Linear Collider Study (CLIC) is operational in the dedicated test facility at CERN
Recent publications from CMS use data from the LHC's first run to shed light on the properties of the Higgs boson
During 2015, the International Year of Light, CERN is highlighting the High Luminosity LHC project and CERN’s involvement in the SESAME laboratory
With ‘LHC Season 2’ starting soon, running at a new high energy, the LHC key is handed back to the machine operators today
CERN teams are carrying out all required tests to get proton beams back in the LHC for March 2015
Magnets in one sector of the accelerator are fully prepared for the restart at higher energies
Issue 12 of Accelerating News, a quarterly publication for the accelerator community, is now available
New CERN-KEK offices to increase the collaborative effort on accelerator R&D and construction projects
Weekend tests with beams brought protons just short of the LHC
