As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the extensive maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown is about to start

Forty years ago quarks gained their freedom – at least theoretically – and the modern theory of the strong interaction began to emerge

Leaders from academia and industry came together last week at CERN to discuss the IT requirements for the next generation of research infrastructures

In addition to providing hardware and software to CERN for three decades, Oracle has now been involved in the CERN openlab project for 10 years

Every two weeks, ion-source physicist Detlef Küchler refills the lead source for the LHC with pure lead 208

Ensuring scientific software stays citable and sustainable

The recently installed AEgIS experiment will examine the effect of gravity on antimatter

Work is progressing on new technologies that would under pin an upgrade of the LHC in 10 year’s time

On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

Now half way through its pilot phase, the Helix Nebula project is moving ahead with new organizations coming on board