Proton beams are back in the LHC

After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is back in operation. Today at 10.41am, a proton beam was back in the 27-kilometer ring ...
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CERN is celebrating 60 years of science for peace in 2014

CERN is a high-energy particle physics organization located near Geneve. Currently, it has 21 member states, including Spain, although many other countries from around the world also participate in its research programme.

 

Tomorrow 29th September, it will be exactly 60 years since the organization was founded.

The core mission of CERN is fundamental research. In the pursuit of these ambitious scientific goals, the laboratory drives innovation, developes cutting-edge technology and promotes knowledge exchange with a broad impact on society such as hadron therapy, ultra-high vacuum technology or x-Ray difraction.