CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon
Six Timepix chips developed at CERN will measure the radiation environment inside the spacecraft that will orbit the…
CERN Physicists Discover Heavier Cousin of Proton
Physicists from the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new kind of heavy…
Scientists Found ‘Magic’ Particles in the Large Hadron Collider
In November, Quanta magazine published a feature on the detection of “magic” top quarks at CERN’s Large Hadron…
Nanotube design could shrink particle accelerators to hair-thin size
New research suggests that particle accelerators capable of generating intense, coherent X-rays, which are typically produced only at…
CERN and fusion energy, advancing together
CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological…
Summer students shine at CERN
CERN’s 2025 Summer Student programmes welcomed 341 young scientists and engineers from more than 100 nations to experience…
Extending the ARM of ATLAS computing
With data from the ongoing LHC Run 3 continuing to mount, and the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) expected to…
CERN scientists detect two elusive God particle decays
Imagine a particle so elusive, so rare, that it’s difficult even to catch a glimpse of it. That’s…
ATLAS takes a breath of oxygen
The ATLAS Experiment at CERN dives into uncharted waters, recording its first-ever collisions of oxygen and neon ions.…
CERN management structure for 2026–2030, part 2
By Mark Thomson Mark Thomson is the Director-General designate of CERN Almost six months into my role as…