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Watch Said Atieh of Engineering department explain some of the unique challenges of welding on the LHC
Electrical-quality-assurance testing of superconducting circuits is underway in sector 3-4 of the LHC
CERN surveyors have taken new measurements of the height of the LHC magnets in the tunnel, to see how geological shifts may be affecting the machine
On Saturday at 8.25am the crew in the CERN Control Centre extracted the beams from the LHC, ending the machine’s first three-year running period
A CERN-Fermilab team has developed a new magnet that will be a valuable asset to the HL-LHC, the next step of for LHC machine
CERN is working together with an Italian company to develop superconducting cables that can function at temperatures of up to 25 K (-248°C)