Read article 'The collimation system: defence against beam loss'
The collimation system: defence against beam loss
The LHC employs the largest and most advanced cleaning system ever built for a particle accelerator.
Read article 'The collimation system: defence against beam loss'
Read article 'Safeguarding the superconducting magnets'
Safeguarding the superconducting magnets
Behind the scenes at the LHC: A look at some of the main aspects of the LHC's operation and improving performance.
Read article 'The challenge of keeping cool'
The challenge of keeping cool
The reliability of the LHC cryogenics system has been central to the collider’s successful operation and provision of high integrated luminosity.
Read article 'The LHC’s first long run'
The LHC’s first long run
High-quality beam from the injectors and full exploitation of options in the collider underpinned the LHC’s performance in 2010–2013.
Read article 'Strangely beautiful dimuons'
Strangely beautiful dimuons
A key observation at the LHC marks a major milestone in a 30-year long journey.
Read article 'The Tevatron’s data continue to excite'
The Tevatron’s data continue to excite
Latest results from 10 years of proton–antiproton running.
Read article 'ClearPEM clarifies breast cancer diagnosis'
ClearPEM clarifies breast cancer diagnosis
Knowledge gained in developing particle detectors for the LHC has been used to create a dedicated PET device for breast scans.
Read article 'The case for a circular e+e– Higgs factory'
The case for a circular e+e– Higgs factory
Options for a Higgs factory include a bigger version of LEP.
Read article 'From CERN to space – and back'
From CERN to space – and back
Forty years after his PhD studies at the ISR, former astronaut Ernst Messerschmidreturned to CERN to talk about his time in space and the imperatives for space fl ight.
Read article 'The return of quarkonia'
The return of quarkonia
The physics of heavy quark–antiquark bound states is a long-standing puzzle, made more intriguing by results from the LHC.
