CERN : Science World Report

Jan 23, 2013 04:35 PM EST

Heavy Lead Ions Crash Into Protons in First LHC Collisions of 2013

Following a week of configuration and tests with beams of protons and lead ions, which represent a challenge as it involves a strong increase in energy and reaching the maximum of some specifications, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) team in Geneva declared "stable beams" at 3:08 pm on January 20, as...

Jan 16, 2013 05:29 PM EST

LHC to go Beyond Specifications With Lead-Proton Collisions

Just one month before a two-year maintenance shut down of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a team of scientists prepares to go beyond the design specification of the world's largest particle accelerator and collide protons with heavy lead ions.

Jan 16, 2013 11:35 AM EST

Latest Reports from the CERN Antimatter Experiments

Two weeks into 2013, it was reporting time for the antimatter research teams working at CERN, who presented key results of their experiments in 2012, and plans for the New Year.

Jan 02, 2013 03:30 PM EST

CERN's Large Hadron Collider will take a 2 year break after Higgs boson

Following a spectacular year 2012, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built, will stop operation after January 2013 for nearly 2 years of maintenance.