Recently, CERN released an update of the future European ... Let’s take a short break and look back into the history of “atom smashers” and the scientific progress they brought along.

The answer is a new superconducting magnet prototype under development at CERN, lovingly named Fusillo because of its shape. Originally, CERN physicists became interested in developing this ...

Experiments at CERN's Antimatter Factory test fundamental ... by measuring the frequencies of transitions in the anti-atom using laser light or microwaves. If the results match those of normal ...

CERN is one of the pre-eminent global centres ... when we advanced from knowing almost nothing of the make-up of the atom, to discovering electrons, protons, neutrons, anti-particles and a whole ...

After all, the design came from the wizards at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, home to the Large Hadron Collider and other implements of Big Science. But we will admit to ...

(This program is no longer available for online streaming.) On July 4, 2012, scientists at the giant atom smashing facility at CERN announced the discovery of a subatomic particle that seems like ...

The State is hoping to become a member of Cern – the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, one of the world’s largest centres for scientific research – early next year. Minister for ...

Ireland's application to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been accepted in principle, paving the way for the country to become an associate member in 2026.