cern

Latest in cern

Researchers using CERN's Large Hadron Collider found that experiments with lead nuclei caused the element to briefly transmute into gold.

Scientists Accidentally Turned Lead Into Gold

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists at CERN just made one of the rarest observations in particle physics to-date, measuring an ultra-rare form of kaon decay.

Something Wild Just Happened at the CERN Particle Accelerator

By Frank Landymore

The energy crisis in Europe has gotten so bad that CERN is considering idling the Large Hadron Collider to save energy amid potential rationing.

Europe’s Energy Crisis Is So Bad It May Have to Idle CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

By Noor Al-Sibai

Several conspiracy theories involving the Mandela effect and portal opening have gone viral, and CERN scientists are trying to counter the misinformation.

Science & Energy

CERN Scientists Annoyed That People Think They’re Ripping a Hole in Reality

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Just as news circulated that the LHC was firing up for the first time in 3 years, its scientists have already announced the discovery of three new particles

Science & Energy

Large Hadron Collider Discovers Strange New Particles

By Frank Landymore

Physicists Find Particles That Switch Between Matter and Antimatter

From Quarks to Quasars

Physicists Find Particles That Switch Between Matter and Antimatter

By Tony Ho Tran

For the first time, physicists observed the Higgs boson decay into a pair of particles called muons, further reinforcing the Standard Model.

CERN Says the Higgs Boson Did Something Unexpected

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Stanford have created a silicon microchip that can act as a particle accelerator — a kind of scientific instrument that usually is far larger.

Science & Energy

This Tiny Particle Accelerator Fits on a Microchip

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk claims CERN is interested in having the Boring Company help it build the Future Circular Collider, a massive particle accelerator.

Science & Energy

Elon Musk: Boring Co. Could Help Dig New CERN Particle Collider

By Kristin Houser

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

By Jon Christian

Researchers from CERN have just moved one step closer to cooling antimatter, which should make it easier for us to study the mysterious substance.

We’re Almost Able to Cool Antimatter. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: These Mind-Blowing Images of The Human Body Were Made By A New Kind of Scanner

The Digest: These Mind-Blowing Images of The Human Body Were Made By A New Kind of Scanner

By Kristin Houser

CERN Researchers Are Planning to Trap and Truck Antimatter From One Facility to Another

CERN Researchers Are Planning to Trap and Truck Antimatter From One Facility to Another

By Chelsea Gohd

“Holy Grail” Particle: New Physics Research Shows Tetraquarks Must Exist

“Holy Grail” Particle: New Physics Research Shows Tetraquarks Must Exist

Protons are just one part of an atom's structure, seen here.

Physicists Made the Most Precise Measurement of Protons’ “Magic Moment”

We Can’t Alter The Flow of Time But, According to Physics, We Can Bend It

We Can’t Alter The Flow of Time But, According to Physics, We Can Bend It

By Chelsea Gohd