Read article 'Beam tests bring ProtoDUNE to life'
Beam tests bring ProtoDUNE to life
The world’s largest liquid-argon neutrino detector has recorded its first particle tracks in tests at CERN.
Read article 'Beam tests bring ProtoDUNE to life'
Read article 'J-PET’s plastic revolution'
J-PET’s plastic revolution
A PET detector based on plastic scintillators offers whole-body imaging in addition to precision tests of fundamental symmetries.
Read article 'Europe calls for advanced detector and imaging ideas'
Europe calls for advanced detector and imaging ideas
The European Union (EU) has committed €17 million to help bring a total of 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas to market. Led by CERN and funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the A...
Read article 'Thin silicon sharpens STAR imaging'
Thin silicon sharpens STAR imaging
A new technology has enabled the STAR collaboration at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) to greatly expand its ability to reconstruct short-lived charm hadron d...
Read article 'Defeating the background in the search for dark matter'
Defeating the background in the search for dark matter
A global effort is under way to carry out a complete search for high-mass dark-matter particles using an experiment called DarkSide-20k.
Read article 'First human 3D X-ray in colour'
First human 3D X-ray in colour
New-Zealand company MARS Bioimaging Ltd has used technology developed at CERN to perform the first colour 3D X-ray of a human body, offering more accurate medical diagnoses.
Read article 'Higgs centre opens for business'
Higgs centre opens for business
A new facility called the Higgs Centre for Innovation opened at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh on 25 May as part of the UK government’s efforts to boost productivity and innovation. The centre,...
Read article 'ISOLDE mints chromium for structure studies'
ISOLDE mints chromium for structure studies
CERN’s radioactive ion-beam facility ISOLDE has stamped a new coin in its impressive collection. Long considered the domain of high-energy, in-flight rare-isotope facilities, chromium has now been p...
Read article 'Trigger-level searches for low-mass dijet resonances'
Trigger-level searches for low-mass dijet resonances
Dijet searches look for a resonance in the two-jet invariant mass spectrum.
Read article 'CERN’s prowess in nothingness'
CERN’s prowess in nothingness
CERN is a world-leading centre for extreme vacuum technology, thanks to a wealth of in-house expertise and a constant flow of challenging projects
