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Lead-proton run: CMS prepares to receive collisions

Preparations have been progressing steadily at CMS to receive collisions between protons and lead ions

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Accelerators
18 January, 2013
Accelerators
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18 January, 2013

Preparing the LHC for the lead-proton run

For the last run before the two-year shutdown, the LHC is going beyond its original design specification and will collide protons with lead ions

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Accelerators
16 January, 2013
Accelerators
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16 January, 2013

Antimatter experiments present progress

At CERN today, the experiments at the Antiproton Decelerator presented updates on their work in 2012, and their hopes for 2013

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Physics
15 January, 2013
Physics
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15 January, 2013

Medical imaging network passes midterm review

At CERN today, European Commission representatives gave the green light to the continuation of the ENTERVISION network for imaging in particle therapy

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Knowledge sharing
11 January, 2013
Knowledge sharing
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11 January, 2013

Highlights from CERN in 2012

A Higgs-like boson, more new particles and record performance at the LHC: 2012 has been good to CERN

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Experiments
21 December, 2012
Experiments
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21 December, 2012

This month in 1991: The web spreads beyond CERN

Twenty-one years ago this month, physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) installed the first web server outside of Europe

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Computing
20 December, 2012

TIME honours Fabiola Gianotti and the Higgs-like boson

TIME magazine today named ATLAS spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti as a runner-up for Person of the Year. A certain Higgs-like boson was also mentioned...

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Experiments
19 December, 2012
Experiments
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19 December, 2012

Video: Colliding particles episode 11 - Higgs

This episode of the Colliding Particles series looks back at the July Higgs search update

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Physics
19 December, 2012

Wilton Park report published

October's Wilton Park meeting brought CERN physicists together with philosophers and theologians. The report from the meeting is now available

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At CERN
19 December, 2012
At CERN
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19 December, 2012

CERN DG meets with Ban Ki-moon

Following CERN's accession to status of observer to the UN General Assembly, Rolf Heuer met with Ban Ki-moon in New York

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At CERN
18 December, 2012
At CERN
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18 December, 2012