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A new type of plasma cell, known as a helicon cell, is being studied for AWAKE. The aim is to generate a greater quantity of plasma in one go
Watch the first of several spacewalks for AMS live on Friday 15 November from 12.50 p.m. CET
Two astronauts will exit the International Space Station on 15 November for the first of several spacewalks for the AMS experiment
A new tracker made of scintillating fibres will be installed in the LHCb experiment during the ongoing shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider
You are invited to register for this year's networking event, which will take place on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 from 5 p.m., in CERN’s Main Auditorium
Detector pieces have travelled across the globe to build ALICE’s new inner detector at CERN
The next Workshop on the Future of Silicon Detector Technologies will take place in Erfurt (Germany) on 2-3 December 2019
A new run of the CLOUD experiment examines the direct effect of cosmic rays on clouds
The final touches are being put to the new test facility to ready it for operation
The second ProtoDUNE detector at CERN saw its first particle tracks in August
The CMS muon system is being upgraded to help track muons with ever-higher precision
The assembly of the new muon small wheels and the upgrades on the electronics and trigger systems are progressing well
