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CERN is the European laboratory for particle physics, home to the Large Hadron Collider.

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What happens after a particle collision takes place?
Why do we need so many collisions? What can they tell us?

In this three-part series, named “Particle collisions”, we address all these questions, and much more.

🔗 Watch the first episode: youtu.be/SqqLN0LgYdg

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📢 Applications are now open for Grand Prix Resonance

Artists and collectives based in Geneva are invited to submit proposals for a two-month residency #AtCERN, to expand their practice and develop a new artistic project in dialogue with the Laboratory’s scientific community.

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Beam tests boost #FCC detector technologies 🔬

The recent beam tests #AtCERN offered the first opportunity to evaluate two new calorimeter technologies under study for International Detector for Electron Accelerator (IDEA), both of which showed promise for future large-scale developments.

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CERN entrepreneurship highlighted in global innovation report 🚀 The 2026 Global Innovation Index puts the spotlight on CERN Venture Connect (CVC), a programme that connects entrepreneurs with CERN technologies, experts, and partners to turn scientific innovation into real-world solutions.

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Some existing magnets will be reused, but new magnets are required to meet the upgraded beam-energy requirements. The photos show an 8.5-tonne dipole being prepared and transported on electrically powered rollers through a very narrow passage.

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CERN’s Isotope Separator On-Line facility (ISOLDE) is undergoing a transformation, to consolidate and upgrade the transfer line connecting it to the Proton Synchrotron Booster. The transfer line is being reconfigured to deliver 2 GeV proton beams to ISOLDE.

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