Read article 'Holding the key to LHC Run 2'
Holding the key to LHC Run 2
On 12 January, the key to the LHC was symbolically handed back to the operations team.
Read article 'Holding the key to LHC Run 2'
Read article 'Detection techniques for future neutrino observatories'
Detection techniques for future neutrino observatories
The discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos initially announced by IceCube in 2013 provided an added boost to the planning for new, larger facilities that could study the signal in detail and...
Read article 'CMS heads towards solving a decades-long quarkonium puzzle'
CMS heads towards solving a decades-long quarkonium puzzle
Quarkonia – charm or beauty quark/antiquark bound states – are prototypes of elementary systems governed by the strong force.
Read article 'ALICE sheds light on particle production in heavy-ion collisions'
ALICE sheds light on particle production in heavy-ion collisions
New results from the ALICE collaboration are providing additional data to test ideas about how particles are produced out of the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) created in heavy-ion collisions at the L...
Read article 'ATLAS gives new limits in the search for dark matter'
ATLAS gives new limits in the search for dark matter
There is evidence for dark matter from many astronomical observations, yet so far, dark matter has not been seen in particle-physics experiments, and there is no evidence for non-gravitational interac...
Read article 'Ground breaking for China’s new neutrino observatory'
Ground breaking for China’s new neutrino observatory
On 10 January, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) took place in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China. More than 300 scientists and officials fr...
Read article 'HESS sees a powerful trio in a nearby galaxy'
HESS sees a powerful trio in a nearby galaxy
High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) has discovered three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way about 170,000 li...
Read article 'The LHC gears up for season 2'
The LHC gears up for season 2
As the re-starting of the LHC approaches, teams at CERN continue their preparations.
Read article 'Pakistan to become associate member state of CERN'
Pakistan to become associate member state of CERN
On 19 December, CERN’s director-general, Rolf Heuer, and the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Ansar Parvez, signed in Islamabad the agreement admitting the Islamic Republic of Pak...
Read article 'CERN-JINR reciprocal observers'
CERN-JINR reciprocal observers
During its December meeting, Council also welcomed the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, JINR, for the first time as an observer to Council, as part of a reciprocal arrangement that also sees CERN...
