In March 2024, the CERN Research Board gave the go-ahead for the BDF project, a beam dump installation acting as a high-intensity fixed target. Supplied with proton beams by the Super Proton ...

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

India's ambitious Neutrino Observatory project in Tamil Nadu lies in limbo after two decades of preparation, facing political ...

The Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. So, why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the Universe? Irfu is participating in the preparation of Hyper-Kamiokande, ...

A tiny particle that smashed into Earth with a record-shattering energy of 220 petaelectronvolts could be the last scream of an evaporating black hole. Moreover, because the work relies on the ...

Every year, the European Heritage Days celebrate architectural heritage across Europe. Here at CERN, our own heritage is guiding how we renovate and modernise the campus, combining a bold vision with ...

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, showers of radiation, and even the building blocks of gold and platinum.

The highest energy neutrino ever detected from space may finally have an origin story. Mathematical analyses suggest that the ghost particle could’ve come from a theoretical object known as a ...

A telescope buried deep under the sea has caught the most energetic particle of its kind ever recorded. The international KM3NeT team announced the discovery in a scientific paper. The particle was ...