The final laps before the major overhaul: CERN’s accelerator operators have just fired the starting pistol for the last run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). At the end of June, four years of work ...

As of 1 July, CERN is strengthening its support for parents welcoming a child through a longer maternity leave and the introduction of a paid parental leave available to all parents. If your child was ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

As outlined in our June article, CERN has a coordination structure in place to manage and oversee concurrent activities, including for the demanding LS3 period ahead. Clearly defined activities, ...

CERN’s science festival, Future Explorers, will celebrate exploration in all its forms. CERN invites the public to discover how curiosity, collaboration and daring help push the boundaries of ...

A new independent measurement by the CMS experiment at the LHC is consistent with the existence of the most massive composite particle ever observed, the momentary union of a top quark and its ...

Some of the last LHC collisions recorded by the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb experiments in 2026 (Left to right, top to bottom). (Image: CERN) In the meantime, it’s time to take stock of the three ...

According to the theory of supersymmetry, there is a mirror world of hypothetical particles that could help resolve several physics puzzles, such as the surprisingly small mass of the Higgs boson and ...

Cancer irradiation with hadron beams, a method to which CERN contributed by advancing carbon ion therapy of radioresistant tumours into the medical world some thirty years ago, has treated more than ...

The new data from the precision particle-physics detector on the International Space Station provides fresh insights into the nature of cosmic rays Since it was installed on the ISS in 2011, AMS has ...

CERN's accelerator experts and EUROfusion's nuclear fusion specialists are now working jointly to develop innovative technologies for future colliders and nuclear fusion reactors, drawing on their ...

In 2024, CERN is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Throughout the year, events and activities will showcase the Laboratory’s rich past, as well as its bright future with a unique accelerator complex ...