Jan 17, 2025 · CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works.

Apr 5, 2024 · LHC Page 1 showing the first stable beams of 2024 (Image: CERN) On Friday 5 April, at 6.25 p.m., the LHC Engineer-in-Charge at the CERN Control Centre (CCC) announced that stable beams were back in the Large Hadron Collider, marking the official start of the 2024 physics data-taking season. The third year of LHC Run 3 promises six months of 13.6 TeV …

For its 70th anniversary year, CERN honours its contributions to fundamental research, innovation and international collaboration.

Dec 19, 2024 · Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, was spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider from 2009 to 2013 and responsible for announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, alongside the CMS spokesperson

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Oct 4, 2024 · In the September CERN Council Session, we presented a revised schedule for Long Shutdown 3 (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its injector complex. This new schedule includes a delayed start and an increased duration for LS3. LS3 for the LHC is now scheduled to begin at the start of July 2026, seven and a half months later than planned. The …

Feb 4, 2021 · Through these studies, collaborations and new European projects, as well as CERN’s dedicated MEDICIS facility, particle physics expertise is pushing ever further the field of cancer research. ______ For more details, see the recent CERN Courier article and feature.

Oct 16, 2023 · A new, three-year CERN-based programme will make quantum computing resources and technical expertise available to projects designed to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new programme is called the Open Quantum Institute (OQI). Hosted by CERN, the OQI has been designed by the Geneva Science and Diplomacy …

Jul 5, 2022 · The international LHCb collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has observed three never-before-seen particles: a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”, which includes a new type of tetraquark. The findings, presented today at a CERN seminar, add three new exotic members to the growing list of new hadrons found at the LHC. …

Dec 9, 2024 · ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4 The finding also represents the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet at the LHC