LHC prepares for new achievements
Dec 03, 2018, at 05:55 pm
Geneva, Dec 3 (IBNS): Early this morning, operators of the CERN Control Centre turned off the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ending the very successful second run of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. CERN’s accelerator complex will be stopped for about two years to enable major upgrade and renovation works.
Lithuania joins CERN as Associate Member State
Jan 08, 2018, at 10:26 pm
New York, Jan 8 (IBNS): Lithuania has joined CERN as one of its Associate Member State.
New CERN facility can help medical research into cancer
Dec 13, 2017, at 12:51 am
Geneva, Dec 12 (IBNS): The new CERN-MEDICIS facility on Tuesday produced radioisotopes for medical research for the first time.
LHC experiments delve deeper into precision
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:42 am
Geneva and Venice, July 11 (IBNS): The world’s particle physics community is meeting this week in Venice (Italy) for the EPS International Conference on High Energy Physics. Dozens of new results from the full existing datasets of the Large Hadron Collider experiments are being presented for the first time.
Lithuania to become Associate Member of CERN
Jun 27, 2017, at 10:13 pm
Vilnius, June 27 (IBNS): CERN Director General, Fabiola Gianotti, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Linas LinkeviÄius, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia GrybauskaitÄ—, signed the Agreement admitting Lithuania as an Associate Member of CERN.
Two new teams of high-school physicists selected to run experiments at CERN
Jun 14, 2017, at 04:55 am
Geneva, June 13 (IBNS): CERN on Tuesday announced the winners of its 2017 Beamline for Schools competition. “Charging Cavaliers†from Canada and “TCO-ASA†from Italy were selected from a total of 180 teams from 43 countries around the world, adding up to about 1500 high-school students.
CERN celebrates completion of Linac 4, its brand new linear particle accelerator
May 09, 2017, at 10:03 pm
Geneva, May 9 (IBNS): At a ceremony on Tuesday, CERN inaugurated its linear accelerator, Linac 4, the newest accelerator acquisition since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Linac 4 is due to feed the CERN accelerator complex with particle beams of higher energy, which will allow the LHC to reach higher luminosity by 2021.
CERN, American Physical Society sign open access agreement for SCOAP3
Apr 28, 2017, at 01:49 am
Geneva, Apr 27 (IBNS) The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the American Physical Society (APS) signed an agreement on Thursday for SCOAP3 – the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics.
CERN experiment reports sixfold improved measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton
Jan 18, 2017, at 10:29 pm
Geneva, Jan 18 (IBNS): In a paper published today in the journal Nature Communications, the BASE collaboration at CERN reports the most precise measurement ever made of the magnetic moment of the antiproton, allowing a fundamental comparison between matter and antimatter.
ALPHA experiment observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time: CERN
Dec 20, 2016, at 04:26 am
Geneva, Dec 19 (IBNS): In a paper published on Monday in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom.
India to become Associate Member State of CERN
Nov 22, 2016, at 02:18 am
Geneva/Mumbai, Nov 21 (IBNS): CERN Director General, Fabiola Gianotti, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of the Government of India, Sekhar Basu signed an Agreement on Monday admitting India to CERN as an Associate Member.
India becomes Associate Member of CERN
Nov 22, 2016, at 12:49 am
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS): India and European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) signed an agreement today making India an Associate Member State of CERN. This follows CERN Council’s adoption of the resolution to this effect on Sept 15, the government said.
TEDxCERN 2016: Ripples of curiosity arriving at CERN this November
Oct 07, 2016, at 03:10 am
Geneva, Oct 6 (IBNS): The 4th TEDxCERN event will explore curiosity and the innovations it sparks.
Successful SCOAP3 Global Open Access initiative continues for three more years: CERN
Sep 21, 2016, at 03:14 am
Geneva, Sept 20 (IBNS): After three years of successful operation and growth, CERN on Tuesday announced the continuation of the global SCOAP3 Open Access initiative for at least three more years.
The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles
Aug 10, 2016, at 10:37 pm
Geneva, Aug 10 (IBNS): In a paper published by the journal JHEP today, the MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.
Chicago sees floods of LHC data and new results at the ICHEP 2016 conference
Aug 06, 2016, at 04:38 am
Geneva/Chicago, Aug 5 (IBNS): Particle physicists are showcasing a wealth of brand new results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN at the 'ICHEP 2016'1 conference in Chicago.
CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State
Jul 18, 2016, at 10:51 pm
Geneva, July 18 (IBNS): Romania yesterday became the twenty-second Member State of CERN, having acceded to the Organization's founding Convention, deposited with UNESCO. The notification by UNESCO of Romania’s accession to the Convention brings to a conclusion the formal application process that started in 2008, crowning a period of cooperation stretching back 25 years.
CERN announces winners of its 2016 beamline for schools competition
Jun 14, 2016, at 12:42 am
Geneva, June13 (IBNS): CERN on Monday announced the winners of its 2016 Beamline for Schools competition.
CERN experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate
May 26, 2016, at 05:28 am
Geneva, May 26 (IBNS). In two papers published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, new results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN imply the baseline pristine pre-industrial climate may have been cloudier than presently thought.
Arts@CERN launches COLLIDE International Award
Mar 12, 2016, at 01:47 am
Geneva, Mar 11 (IBNS): Arts@CERN on Friday launched an international call for artists for the COLLIDE International Award-a new collaboration between CERN and FACT1.
Professor Sijbrand de Jong elected as next President of CERN Council
Sep 19, 2015, at 01:56 am
Geneva, Sept 18 (IBNS) . CERN Council on Friday announced the election of Professor Sijbrand de Jong as its 22nd President for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on Jan 1, 2016.
BASE experiment at CERN compares protons and antiprotons with high precision
Aug 13, 2015, at 04:48 am
Geneva, Aug 12 (IBNS) In a paper published on Wednesday in Nature, the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (AD), reports the most precise comparison of the charge-to-mass ratio of the proton to that of its antimatter equivalent, the antiproton.
CERN's LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Jul 14, 2015, at 11:21 pm
Geneva, July 14 (IBNS): The LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider on Tuesday reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks.
CERN announces winners of its 2015 beamline for schools competition
Jun 15, 2015, at 10:22 pm
Geneva, June 15 (IBNS): CERN on Monday announced the winners of its 2015 beamline for schools competition.
CERN, APS announce partnership for Open Access
Sep 19, 2014, at 12:22 am
Geneva, Sept 18 (IBNS): The American Physical Society (APS) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Thursday jointly announced a partnership to make all CERN-authored articles published in the APS journal collection to be Open Access.
CERN, UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of CERN's signature Convention
Jul 02, 2014, at 04:48 am
Paris, July 1 (IBNS): CERN and UNESCO are commemorating the signature of the CERN Convention at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris and thereby celebrated 60 years of science for peace on Tuesday.