News

News

CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026

Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026

Press release
At CERN
06 November, 2024
At CERN
Press release
06 November, 2024

CERN70: The discovery of the Higgs boson, a giant leap for science

Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, was spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider from 2009 to 2013 and responsible for announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, alongside the CMS spokesperson

Feature
Physics
31 October, 2024

CERN70: Tasting the primordial soup

Jürgen Schukraft was the first spokesperson of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

Feature
Experiments
18 October, 2024
Experiments
Feature
18 October, 2024

Decoding top quarks with precision

The ATLAS experiment at the LHC reveals how pairs of top quarks are produced along with other heavy quarks

News
Physics
16 October, 2024
Physics
News
16 October, 2024

Particle physicists chart a course to the future

The aim of the third update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics is to develop a visionary and concrete plan that greatly advances human knowledge in fundamental physics through the realisation of the next flagship project at CERN

Press release
Physics
11 October, 2024
Physics
Press release
11 October, 2024

Updated schedule for CERN’s accelerators

The timing and duration of the third long shutdown (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider and injector complex has changed, here’s why

Opinion
Accelerators
04 October, 2024
Accelerators
Opinion
04 October, 2024

CERN70: Switching on the Large Hadron Collider

Lyn Evans was Project Leader for the Large Hadron Collider

Feature
Accelerators
04 October, 2024
Accelerators
Feature
04 October, 2024

Blowing out 70 candles: CERN celebrates seven decades of discoveries and looks ahead to a brilliant future of science and innovation

A special high-level ceremony held at CERN crowned a year-long celebration taking place across Europe and beyond

Press release
At CERN
01 October, 2024
At CERN
Press release
01 October, 2024

Professor Costas Fountas elected as next President of the CERN Council

The CERN Council has announced that Professor Costas Fountas will become its 25th President beginning on 1 January 2025

Press release
At CERN
30 September, 2024
At CERN
Press release
30 September, 2024

ALICE probes the strong interaction three-body problem

With new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations, the ALICE collaboration explores the strong interaction of three-body systems at the LHC.

News
Physics
25 September, 2024