The LHC is currently shut down. Teams will now dismantle 1.2 kilometres of the accelerator to install the new HiLumi LHC equipment. This will be connected to the equipment installed in the new HiLumi ...

Mick Storr was the face of CERN’s Teacher Programmes and a mentor to teachers around the world. (Image: Anna Pantelia / CERN) It was with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of Mick Storr ...

François Briard, Science Gateway Manager (left) with Elna, Antoni and their children, who helped the centre surpass the symbolic milestone of one million visitors.(Image: EMYA2026/Hodei TORRES) At ...

A round of applause broke out in the CERN Control Centre on 5 July at 4.47 p.m. CEST when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detectors switched on all subsystems and started recording high-energy ...

The second-largest machine in CERN’s accelerator complex provides a stepping stone between the Proton Synchrotron and the LHC The SPS became the workhorse of CERN’s particle physics programme when it ...

The Standard Model explains how the basic building blocks of matter interact, governed by four fundamental forces. The theories and discoveries of thousands of physicists since the 1930s have resulted ...

At any moment in time, CERN is training thousands of young people across a large spectrum of competencies, providing society with a continuous stream of talent in science, technology, engineering and ...

CERN has revised its schedule for its accelerator complex. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is currently in its third period of physics data taking (Run 3), and this will now be extended until July ...

The new ALPHA Cesium Fountain Clock is a type of atomic clock currently used for the definition of the SI second (the International System of units). This device, built for ALPHA by the National ...

Update: did you enjoy our April Fool’s day story? While we won’t be racing karts through the tunnel, we are gearing up for major works to prepare for HiLumi LHC and its new technologies. The image is ...

High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Rare-Earth Barium Copper Oxide (also referred to as REBCO) power transmission cable used at CERN Source: CERN (CDS) Today, CERN and Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned ...

Event display showing nineteen charged-particle tracks (yellow lines) recorded by the ATLAS experiment during proton–oxygen collisions in July 2025. (Image: ATLAS) Tens of kilometres above Earth’s ...