The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is like an immensely powerful kitchen, designed to cook up some of the rarest and hottest ...

Today, the CERN Council selected British physicist Mark Thomson as the Organization’s next Director-General. The appointment will be formalised at the December session of the Council and Professor ...

Staff members who marked 25 years of service to CERN in 2024 were invited by the Director-General to the traditional ceremony held in their honour on 4 November 2024. The photos from the ceremony and ...

Two blood donation campaigns have been run so far this year, in March and July, enabling the collection of some 200 donations in total, with 50-60 new donors coming to donate each time. This is a ...

The Swiss authorities warn of high risks of burglary at this time of year. Risks can be considerably reduced by taking simple preventive measures: Simulate your presence by using a light on a timer, ...

One year ago, CERN launched the CERN Venture Connect (CVC) Programme, a groundbreaking entrepreneurship initiative designed to empower deep-tech ventures across the Laboratory’s Member and Associate ...

On 30 October at 8 a.m., the SPS delivered its final protons of the year to the North Area, marking the shift to the lead-ion physics run. To prepare for this transition, the BE departmental safety ...

In 1928 the physicist Paul Dirac proposed that every particle of matter should have an antimatter counterpart. But shortly after the big bang, most of the antimatter disappeared, leaving behind the ...