The world's most powerful particle accelerator will undergo some major upgrades during the 4-year hiatus.
A high-energy particle has fallen from space, and scientists have no idea what it is or where it came from. It occurred during an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray event, the likes of which were only ...
The LHC facility at CERN is famous for the discovery of the Higgs boson, dubbed the ‘God particle’.
Buried deep underground, this extraordinary machine has already transformed humanity's understanding of the universe.
Cern has switched off the Large Hadron Collider for a four-year shutdown and overhaul. The work will prepare the machine for its High-Luminosity phase and a major rise in data collection.
Why it matters: Since discovering the Higgs boson in 2012, scientists have thoroughly studied the strange particle looking for new clues about the true nature of matter and the universe. Now, CERN ...