CERN has strong partnerships and collaborations with laboratories and research infrastructures in the Member States. One recent example saw superconducting magnets for the future FAIR facility at Germany’s GSI laboratory being tested at CERN

35 niobium–tin superconducting coils have been manufactured as part of a fruitful collaboration with the company General Electric. They will be used in the 11 T dipoles for the HL-LHC

A total of 3 588 new panoramic photographs of the Meyrin and Prévessin sites, taken at the end of 2020, are now available on CERN’s GIS portal

FASER, the Forward Search Experiment, has been installed in the LHC tunnel during Long Shutdown 2. It is currently being tested and will start taking data next year

The PS Booster successfully received its first beams from Linac4 in December. The PSB team is now preparing the machine for acceleration

COVID-19 has undoubtedly had an impact on the activities and schedule of LS2. Nevertheless, the accelerators are now starting up again

CERN’s final-year apprentices obtained their diplomas in spite of the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 crisis; two of them received prizes from the "Union industrielle genevoise"

The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Linac3 is already producing lead-ion beams to test some crucial new equipment that could significantly increase beam intensity and quality

The final pressure test in the LHC took place in sector 6-7 on 27 October. The pressure tests are the last step before the cooling of each sector

At LHC Point 4, a refrigerator that cools helium from room temperature to 4.5 K (-268.65 °C) has undergone major improvements in preparation for the HL-LHC

In the search for a more reliable and economical solution, CERN has procured a machine to manufacture surgical masks