Updates
LHC collides protons with lead ions for the first time
— The switch - a test for a longer proton-lead run scheduled for January to February 2013 - presented numerous technical challenges
European particle physics refreshes long-term strategy
— Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow, Poland, this week debated the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium
ATLAS and CMS publish observations of a new particle
— The collaborations published the latest in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the journal Physics Letters B
How to protect yourself from the latest JAVA bug
— Computer security advice from CERN's head of computer security Stefan Lüders
Higgs boson detected at London Paralympics
— The particle was the star of Enlightenment - a science-themed ceremony featuring Stephen Hawking and Ian McKellen
Testing begins for CERN's future linear accelerator
— Linear accelerator 4 will deliver particles to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster at more than triple the energy the current linac achieves
Next-generation magnets: Small, but powerful
— A CERN-Fermilab team has developed a new magnet that will be a valuable asset to the HL-LHC, the next step of for LHC machine
Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago
— Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays
CERN Tweetup reaches over one million followers
— Five winners of a competition announced on Twitter reached the vast audience during CERN's first ever Tweetup
Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS
— On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS
ATLAS and CMS submit Higgs-search papers
— The ATLAS and CMS collaborations today submitted papers to the journal Physics Letters B outlining the latest on their searches for the Higgs boson
AMS experiment marks one year in space
— The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the ISS has been taking data for a year. The shuttle crew that took it to space visited CERN to mark the occasion
Tweetup at CERN today: #CERNtweetup
— Tweetup to coincide with the visit of Nasa astronauts to the AMS experiment at CERN
Proposal to use CERN accelerator for biomedical research
— Discussions under way for possible re-use of LEIR accelerator
Large Hadron Collider run to be extended by seven weeks
— LHC will run for a further seven weeks in a bid to maximize data for physics following the latest Higgs-search update
Collaboration to build new antiproton decelerator
— The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) will further slow antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator, to make them easier to trap
LHC experiments prepare for summer conferences
— CERN physicists are frantically analysing data in the run-up to ICHEP 2012, this year's major particle-physics conference in Melbourne, Australia
LHC delivers more collisions than in the whole of 2011
— Excellent accelerator performance and a higher running energy has ensured the LHC has delivered collisions quickly this year
Full moon pulls LHC from its protons
— The LHC is so large that operators have to correct for a surprising source of error - the moon's gravitational pull
