CERN physicists are frantically analysing data in the run-up to ICHEP 2012, this year's major particle-physics conference in Melbourne, Australia

A new experimental facility and neutron beamline will provide n_TOF with its highest neutron flux yet

Excellent accelerator performance and a higher running energy has ensured the LHC has delivered collisions quickly this year

The NA62 straw tracker is using pioneering CERN technology to measure charged particles from rare kaon decays

The LHC is so large that operators have to correct for a surprising source of error - the moon's gravitational pull

The Easy Access IP initiative will make it easier for businesses and entrepreneurs to access CERN intellectual property

The LHCb collaboration has observed two new excited states of the Λb beauty particle, confirming Standard-Model predictions

The former CERN scientist presented the International Space Station's research programme - and brought a neutralino home

Experts from the AMS collaboration operate the detector round the clock from the Payload Operation Control Center at CERN

The Standard Model predicts the existence of these new states but this is the first time they have been confirmed in experiments