Read article 'IceCube detects ultra-high-energy events and observes oscillations'
Neutrino experiments – thanks to the nature of the particles themselves – are notoriously difficult and experiments that make use of the natural source of particles within the cosmic radiation fac...
Read article 'ISOLDE experiments: from a new magic number to the rarest element'
Two teams working on experiments at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have published results that extend knowledge in different areas of nuclear and atomic physics.
Read article 'CMS sees first direct evidence for γγ→WW'
In a small fraction of proton collisions at the LHC, the two colliding protons interact only electromagnetically, radiating high-energy photons that subsequently interact or "fuse" to produce a pair o...
Read article 'ALICE through a gamma-ray looking glass'
The ALICE experiment is optimized to perform in the environment of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, which can produce thousands of particles. Its design combines an excellent vertex resolution with a ...
Read article 'New precision measurement of the Λb lifetime'
The value of the Λb lifetime has long been controversial but the situation has recently been clarified by a new measurement from the LHCb experiment.
Read article 'Council updates European Strategy for Particle Physics'
The CERN Council formally adopted an update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Read article 'EC and CERN support major facility in Middle East'
The European Commission (EC) and CERN have agreed to support the construction of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East.
Read article 'ILC Technical Design Report is published'
A five-volume report containing the blueprint for the International Linear Collider (ILC) was published on 12 June.
Read article 'Data centre opens'
CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics inaugurated the CERN Tier-0 data-centre extension in Budapest on 13 June, marking the completion of the facility.
Read article 'Giant magnet ring makes epic journey'
Muon g-2 is a new experiment to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon – in other words, the difference of the value of its magnetic moment g from the simplest expectation of 2.
