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

The DISMAC project is coming to an end: the last of the 1232 interconnections was closed in August and the cool-down of the machine will now begin

Two new internal beam dumps and a new septum magnet have been installed in the PS as part of the LIU project

The Jardin des Particules, the crèche and nursery school run by the Staff Association, is moving into a new building

Oliver Brüning takes over from Lucio Rossi at the helm of the HL-LHC project as of 1 July

As a result of the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the injectors will restart at the end of the year and the LHC will restart in autumn 2021

Novel cryostat units have been installed for the High-Luminosity LHC to allow insertion of room-temperature collimators in the LHC’s 1.9 K cryostats

A Dutch start-up will deploy structured laser beam technology in mobile telecommunication networks