Defeating the background in the search for dark matter
A global effort is under way to carry out a complete search for high-mass dark-matter particles using an experiment called DarkSide-20k.
First human 3D X-ray in colour
New-Zealand company MARS Bioimaging Ltd has used technology developed at CERN to perform the first colour 3D X-ray of a human body, offering more accurate medical diagnoses.
Higgs centre opens for business
A new facility called the Higgs Centre for Innovation opened at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh on 25 May as part of the UK government’s efforts to boost productivity and innovation. The centre,...
ISOLDE mints chromium for structure studies
CERN’s radioactive ion-beam facility ISOLDE has stamped a new coin in its impressive collection. Long considered the domain of high-energy, in-flight rare-isotope facilities, chromium has now been p...
CERN’s prowess in nothingness
CERN is a world-leading centre for extreme vacuum technology, thanks to a wealth of in-house expertise and a constant flow of challenging projects
Trigger-level searches for low-mass dijet resonances
Dijet searches look for a resonance in the two-jet invariant mass spectrum.
Industry rises to FCC conductor challenge
Future Circular Collider (FCC) development workshop at CERN
The long march of niobium on copper
Niobium–copper accelerating cavities are beginning to challenge their bulk-niobium counterparts
Big science meets industry in Copenhagen
The Big Science Business Forum (BSBF), held in Copenhagen, Denmark, saw delegates discuss opportunities in the current big-science landscape
High-gradient X-band technology: from TeV colliders to light sources and more
Powerfult linear-accelerator technology developed for fundamental exploration is being transferred to applications beyond high-energy physics
