CERN highlights in 2025

A look back at a year of advances in science, technology and benefits to society

News
At CERN
19 December, 2025
At CERN
News
19 December, 2025

Leaders in quantum technology connect at CERN

The European Quantum Industry Consortium gathered at CERN to discuss Europe’s next strategic steps in the emerging quantum field

News
Knowledge sharing
19 December, 2025
Knowledge sharing
News
19 December, 2025

Updated framework for contributions post-retirement

This framework recognises continued contributions of former staff members after retirement in support of CERN’s mission

Announcement
At CERN
19 December, 2025
At CERN
Announcement
19 December, 2025

Reflecting on all we have achieved together

On behalf of the current Management, I take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude for your unwavering commitment and outstanding work throughout our mandate

Opinion
At CERN
19 December, 2025
At CERN
Opinion
19 December, 2025

Private donors pledge 860 million euros for CERN’s Future Circular Collider

A consortium of private donors (individuals and philanthropic foundations) have agreed to support the proposed Future Circular Collider at CERN

Press release
At CERN
18 December, 2025
At CERN
Press release
18 December, 2025

A cryogenic winter for tomorrow’s accelerator

The first large refrigerators for the High-Luminosity LHC have been installed

News
Accelerators
17 December, 2025
Accelerators
News
17 December, 2025

CERN hits one exabyte of stored experimental data from the LHC

One million terabytes of experimental data from the LHC have now been sent to the CERN storage system

News
Computing
17 December, 2025

Pensions payment dates in 2026

Official news
At CERN
16 December, 2025
At CERN
Official news
16 December, 2025

“The faces of CERN” at the Globe of Science and Innovation

Originally created for the Cité des métiers, the exhibition “The Faces of CERN: People Advancing Science” will be displayed in CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation from December 17, 2025 to March 1, 2026

Announcement
At CERN
16 December, 2025
At CERN
Announcement
16 December, 2025

Celebrating two decades of global scientific computing

Developed to handle the vast amounts of data of the LHC experiments, the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid has significantly marked the landscape of distributed computing

News
Computing
15 December, 2025
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