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CERN granted status of observer to the UN General Assembly

Today the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted a resolution granting CERN observer status

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At CERN
14 December, 2012

LHC and experiments give round-up of first three years

Highlights included sensitive searches for new physics, the decay of a Bs meson, quark-gluon plasma and insights on the structure of the proton

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Accelerators
13 December, 2012
Accelerators
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13 December, 2012

Webcast: LHC experiments present status update

The LHC experiments will each give a brief presentation in the CERN auditorium today. Watch the webcast

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Accelerators
13 December, 2012
Accelerators
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13 December, 2012

CMS reaches 200th paper published with LHC collision data

See the interactive plot of papers published by the CMS collaboration since January 2010

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Experiments
12 December, 2012
Experiments
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12 December, 2012

Fundamental Physics Prize honours ATLAS, CMS and LHC

Seven leaders of the LHC, CMS and ATLAS projects will share a $3m prize for advancing knowledge of the universe

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Accelerators
11 December, 2012
Accelerators
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11 December, 2012

Destination Serbia: a new life for CERN's servers

Servers from CERN's computer centre are sent to Serbia where they will be re-used by students and researchers

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Computing
05 December, 2012

Exchanging knowledge with industry on superconducting tech

A 2-day workshop is bringing together CERN researchers and companies developing innovative superconducting technologies

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Knowledge sharing
04 December, 2012
Knowledge sharing
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04 December, 2012

Centenary of the birth of Wim Klein, CERN's first computer

Before electronic computers were widely available at CERN, a Dutchman called Willem "Wim" Klein performed astonishing feats of mental arithmetic

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Computing
04 December, 2012

QuarkNet physics-education programme gains global reach

A professional-development programme created in the US to help teachers explain particle physics has caught on across the world

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At CERN
03 December, 2012