LHC First Physics

The Large Hadron Collider has been restarted, and CERN is now focused on delivering collisions to the LHC experiments. A media event will be held at CERN in the first quarter of 2010 to mark the first collisions at 7 TeV. Information and resources for the media related to the restart and 2010 event can be found on the LHC First Physics website »

 

Latest Press Releases

03.02.2009

The CinéGlobe film festival at CERN and the Forum Meyrin Theatre

Geneva, 3 February 2010. The second edition of CinéGlobe, the international festival of short films and science documentaries, will be held from Tuesday, 16 February to Saturday, 20 February 2010. It is being organised by the club Open Your Eyes Films, CERNand the culture office of Meyrin. »

18.12.2009

LHC ends 2009 run on a high note

Geneva, 18 December 2009. At its 153rd session today, the CERN Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last weekend have set a new world record and brought to a close a successful first run for the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.»

14.12.2009

CERN Colour X-ray Technology Set to Save Lives

Geneva, 14 December 2009 Medical studies are soon to start with the MARS scanner, a revolutionary CT scanner developed by the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The scanner, which incorporates technology developed at the world’s leading particle physics research centre, CERN, was recently shipped to research partners in North America.»

30.11.2009

LHC sets new world record

Geneva, 30 November 2009. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has today become the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning.»