Read article 'LHC hits 2016 luminosity target'
 At the end of August, two months ahead of schedule, the integrated luminosity delivered by the LHC reached the 2016 target value of 25 fb–1 in both the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The milest...
Read article 'Beamline competition calls all schools'
CERN has announced the 4th edition of its Beamline for Schools Competition.
Read article 'ATLAS observes single top-quarks at 13 TeV'
ATLAS has recently measured the total cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark production via the t-channel exchange of virtual W bosons.
Read article 'ALICE pinpoints J/ψ regeneration'
The ALICE Collaboration has measured with improved precision the production of J/ψ mesons in collisions of lead nuclei at the highest LHC energy, confirming the role of the “regeneration mechanismâ...
Read article 'LHCb finds early surprises at Run 2'
The bumper data harvest at LHC Run 2 continues for the LHCb experiment. In mid-August, the collaboration celebrated the milestone of 1 fb–1 integrated luminosity collected so far during 2016, wit...
Read article 'Probing dark matter with CMS'
Understanding the nature of dark matter (DM) is the focus of extensive research at collider- and astrophysics-based experiments. The most well-known signature for DM production at the LHC is the so-ca...
Read article 'Earth-like planet orbits our nearest star'
Astronomers have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri.
Read article 'Romania becomes CERN Member State'
Romania has become the 22nd Member State of CERN, having acceded to the Organization’s founding convention, which is deposited with UNESCO, on 17 July. The accession crowns a period of co-o...
Read article 'LHC experiments weigh up 2016 data'
The 38th International Conference on High-Energy Physics (ICHEP 2016) took place on 3–10 August in Chicago, US. Among numerous results presented, the LHC experiments released their latest analyses...
Read article 'New bunch-production scheme breaks luminosity record'
The LHC relies on the injector complex to deliver proton beams with well-defined transverse and longitudinal characteristics, which fold directly into luminosity performance. On 16Â July, LHC Oper...
