CERN chief upbeat on funding for new particle collider

Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of ...
Nature

What a $1-billion pledge means for CERN’s ambitious supercollider plans

New director-general Mark Thomson discusses fundraising efforts and future priorities for Europe’s particle-physics ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider manages to turn lead into gold and revives alchemy as a byproduct of modern physics

The old fantasy of transforming lead into gold is now a reality, made possible by some wildly inefficient physics at the ...
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What's really happening at CERN?

Join me as I explore CERN, home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located 100m beneath Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC ...
Daily Reporter

Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary

GENEVA (AP) — The research center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Tuesday, with the physicists who run it aiming to unlock secrets about ...
Geeky Gadgets

What is the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and what does it do?

Deep beneath the serene landscape straddling the border of France and Switzerland, a marvel of modern science and engineering lies in wait. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a massive particle ...
Physics World

CERN accepts $1bn in private cash towards Future Circular Collider

Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next ...
Politifact

Is CERN activating the world’s most powerful particle accelerator for the April 8 eclipse? No

CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, restarted its Large Hadron Collider after a regular winter stop for maintenance. CERN is not reactivating the accelerator in connection with ...
Yahoo

No, CERN won't open a portal during the April 8 eclipse. That'd be impossible | Fact check

An April 1 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a man telling viewers about his visit to the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, and what he thinks the organization will do ...