Read article 'Particle physics under the spotlight in Chicago'
No result at ICHEP 2016 was more highly anticipated than the updates on the 750 GeV diphoton resonance hinted at in data from the ATLAS and CMS experiments in 2015.
Read article 'CERN explores opportunities for physics beyond colliders'
Our understanding of nature’s fundamental constituents owes much to particle colliders. Notable discoveries include the W and Z bosons at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron in th...
Read article 'Ukraine becomes associate Member State of CERN'
Ukraine has been a long-time contributor to the ALICE, CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC and to R&D in accelerator technology.
Read article 'India to become associate Member State'
India has been a partner of CERN for more than 50 years.
Read article 'Machine technical stop in full swing'
Following a record year of proton–proton operations at the LHC in 2016, which was followed by a successful proton–lead run, on 5 December 2016 the machine entered a longer tha...
Read article 'GSI ions target irregular heartbeat'
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, have demonstrated the feasibility of using carbon ions to treat cardiac arrhythmia, in which a...
Read article 'The two-loop explosion'
Studying matter at the highest energies possible has transformed our understanding of the microscopic world. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which generates proton collisions...
Read article 'LHC cold and preparing for beam'
Following a longer than usual technical stop, which began in December last year to allow for the replacement of the CMS inner tracker, all eight sectors of the Large Hadron Collide...
Read article 'FAIR forges its future'
Supernova explosions, neutron-star mergers and rare radioactive ions might not seem to have much connection to terrestrial matters. Yet, while the lightest elements were synthesise...
Read article 'NuPECC sets out long-range plan'
The previous long-range plan was issued by the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee in 2010.
