Ireland's application to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been accepted in principle, paving the way for the country to become an associate member in 2026.

Ireland looks set to become a member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern), the world-renowned centre for scientific research that operates the largest particle physics ...

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Mark Thomson, who will take over from Fabiola Gianotti as director-general of CERN next year, talks to Michael Banks about his plans in the hot seat and the challenges ahead for high-energy physics ...

His Excellency Mr Luc Frieden, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signs CERN’s guestbook in the presence of the Director-General, Fabiola Gianotti, on 26 February 2025. (Image: CERN) On ...

An optical fibre link to the ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antimatter Factory will assist in precise measurements of the properties of antihydrogen. (Image: CERN) The Standard Model of particle physics ...

The Thirteenth Annual Large Hadron Collider Physics (LHCP2025) conference will take place in Taipei from 5th to 9th May 2025. The LHCP conference series started in 2013 after a successful fusion of ...