CERN

Peter Higgs Dies at 94

Just like Isaac Newton, Galileo and Albert Einstein, I’m not sure exactly when I became aware of Peter Higgs. He…

7 months ago

CERN Wants to Build an Enormous New Atom Smasher: the Future Circular Collider

One of my favourite science and engineering facts is that an underground river was frozen to enable the Large Hadron…

9 months ago

LHC Scientists Find Three Exotic Particles — and Start Hunting for More

Physicists say they've found evidence in data from Europe's Large Hadron Collider for three never-before-seen combinations of quarks, just as…

2 years ago

We Might Know why There’s so Little Antimatter in the Universe

Surprising findings sometimes come in small packages.  And sometimes those small packages have to be delivered by very big systems. …

3 years ago

CERN is Planning to Build a Much Larger Particle Collider. Much, Much, Larger.

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, wants to build a particle collider that will dwarf the Large Hadron Collider…

6 years ago

The Large Hadron Collider has been Shut Down, and Will Stay Down for Two Years While they Perform Major Upgrades

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is getting a big boost to its performance. Unfortunately, for fans of ground-breaking physics, the…

6 years ago

CERN Declares War On The Standard Model

Researchers at the LHC beauty experiment (part of CERN) announced new test results that hint at the existence of new…

8 years ago

Large Hadron Collider Discovers 5 New Gluelike Particles

Researchers from the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) have announced the discovery of five new particles, which could shed…

8 years ago

Spectrum of Antimatter Observed for First Time

A new study by CERN researchers has led to the first spectral information of antimatter ever, giving further confirmation to…

8 years ago

Some Humans Just Sacrificed Their Jobs At CERN

In what they are referring to as an "internal matter", CERN has announced that it will be investigating the video…

8 years ago