CERN Accelerating science

Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space

Good performance followed recovery from extended luminosity calibration runs

On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS

The space-shuttle crew laid a European Physical Society plaque at high-altitude research centre <em>Les Cosmiques</em> near <em>Mont Blanc</em>

Now the dust has settled, we can take stock of the momentous events of 4 July

The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year &ndash; on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre

As part of her prize package, last year's winner Shree Bose won a trip to CERN, which coincided with announcement of a new, Higgs-like particle

At a recent brainstorming meeting at CERN, over 200 scientists discussed the possibility of modifying LEIR to serve the biomedical community

A new experimental facility and neutron beamline will provide n_TOF with its highest neutron flux yet

Over 800 people attended the Tevatron Impact symposium at Fermilab on 11 June to celebrate the legacy of the accelerator