Read article 'CMS hunts for low-mass dark matter'
Astronomical observations – such as the rotation velocities of galaxies and gravitational lensing – show that more than 80% of the matter in the universe remains invisible.
Read article 'NOvA detector records first 3D tracks'
The NOvA neutrino detector that is currently under construction in northern Minnesota has recorded its first 3D images of particle tracks.
Read article 'ALICE looks to the future'
After more than three years of highly successful operation, the ALICE detector is about to undergo a major programme of consolidation and upgrade during the Long Shutdown 1 (LS1) of CERN’s ac...
Read article 'ATLAS completes precision luminosity measurement'
The success of the procedure for vdM scans at the LHC resulted from close co-operation between the LHC accelerator team and the four large experimental collaborations.
Read article 'CMS prepares for the future'
There will be no rest at Point 5, site of the CMS detector, during the long shutdown
Read article 'AEgIS installation completed'
Despite first being described over three centuries ago, gravity remains one of the least understood of the fundamental forces.
Read article 'Work for the LHC’s first long shutdown gets under way'
Photos highlight some of CERN’s preparations for a busy two years of maintenance and consolidation.
Read article 'De-squeezed beams for ALFA and TOTEM'
Following tests in September, a short, dedicated run at the end of October provided "de-squeezed" beams to the ALFA and TOTEM experiments, allowing new measurements of the elastic proton–proton cros...
Read article 'Successful test of proton–ion collisions in LHCb'
Unlike the other three large experiments at the LHC, LHCb did not participate in heavy-ion runs in 2010 and 2011.
Read article 'CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma'
Results from a multifaceted heavy-ion programme.
