The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has discovered 76 new particles so far. In addition to discovering the unique Higgs boson, ...

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From 10 to 14 February, 76 ambassadors from CERN, the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

The LHC will not generate black holes in the cosmological sense. However, some theories suggest that the formation of tiny 'quantum' black holes may be possible. The observation of such an event would ...

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In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell recognized the similarities between electricity and magnetism and developed his theory of a single electromagnetic force. A similar discovery came a century later, ...

His Excellency Mr Luc Frieden, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signs CERN’s guestbook in the presence of the Director-General, Fabiola Gianotti, on 26 February 2025. (Image: CERN) On ...

Dive into CERN's accelerator complex with these 360° panoramic photos. You can take a virtual tour of the installed machines and equipment, visit different areas of ...

Les bosons W et Z, porteurs de la force faible, sont au cœur du Modèle standard de la physique des particules. Bien que leur ...

Is the Large Hadron Collider dangerous? No. Although powerful for an accelerator, the energy reached in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is modest by nature’s standards. Cosmic rays – particles ...

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific ...