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ALPHA experiment observes the light spectrum of antimatter for the first time

The ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This achievement features technological developments that open up a completely new era in high-precision antimatter research.

Press release
At CERN
19 December, 2016
At CERN
Press release
19 December, 2016

Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN

At its 183 session, CERN Council voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Slovenia to Associate Membership in the pre-stage to Membership of CERN.

Press release
At CERN
16 December, 2016
At CERN
Press release
16 December, 2016

India to become Associate Member State of CERN

Today, the representatives of CERN and of the Government of India signed an Agreement admitting India to CERN as an Associate Member. The Government of India still needs to notify CERN of its final approval for the Agreement to enter into force.

Press release
At CERN
21 November, 2016
At CERN
Press release
21 November, 2016

CERN experiment improves precision of antiproton mass measurement with new innovative cooling technique

The ASACUSA experiment reported new precision measurement of the mass of the antiproton relative to that of the electron based on spectroscopic measurements with antiprotonic helium.

Press release
At CERN
03 November, 2016
At CERN
Press release
03 November, 2016

Successful SCOAP3 Global Open Access initiative continues for three more years

After 3 years of successful operation and growth, CERN announced today the continuation of the global SCOAP3 Open Access initiative for at least three more years.

Press release
At CERN
20 September, 2016
At CERN
Press release
20 September, 2016

CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State

Today, the Romanian flag has been raised in front of CERN for the first time, marking the country’s accession to Membership of the Organization.

Press release
At CERN
05 September, 2016
At CERN
Press release
05 September, 2016

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

The MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.

Press release
At CERN
10 August, 2016
At CERN
Press release
10 August, 2016

Chicago sees floods of LHC data and new results at the ICHEP 2016 conference

Particle physicists are showcasing a wealth of brand new results from the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN at the “ICHEP 2016” conference in Chicago.

Press release
At CERN
05 August, 2016
At CERN
Press release
05 August, 2016

CERN announces winners of its 2016 beamline for schools competition

CERN today announced the winners of its 2016 Beamline for Schools competition.Two teams of high-school students, “Pyramid hunters” (Poland) and “Relatively Special” (UK), have been selected to carry out their own experiments using a CERN accelerator beam.

Press release
Knowledge sharing
13 June, 2016
Knowledge sharing
Press release
13 June, 2016

CERN experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate

New results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN imply the baseline pristine pre-industrial climate may have been cloudier than presently thought.

Press release
At CERN
25 May, 2016
At CERN
Press release
25 May, 2016