At CERN, 40 000 cables will be installed or removed during LS2. Laid end to end, they would stretch for 2000 kilometres!

The Prime Minister paid a visit to the Laboratory on 11 June

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation visited CERN on 10 June

The President of the Republic of Italy visited CERN on 10 June

Ten new magnets are already being connected

Teams are hard at work in the LHC tunnel to improve the electrical insulation of the diodes of more than 1200 magnets

Work has begun to improve the electrical insulation of the diodes of the 1232 dipole magnets in the LHC

The energy extraction systems absorb the energy of the LHC magnets in case of a quench. Their consolidation is conducted in collaboration with two Russian institutes

All the links in the LHC’s cryogenic chain are being examined with a fine-tooth comb in order to detect and correct any issues

During LS2, CMS will install 144 additional muon detector modules specially designed to detect particles produced in the very forward region

Not much more than the name will remain of the old East Area before too long. After LS2, the new PS experiment area will be a hub of technology

The commissioning of ELENA continued in 2018, culminating in the production of the first very-low-energy antiproton beams