Are all LHC magnets blue? Who decides the colour of a magnet and on what basis? What does the small purple one do? See our answers below

Half of a CERN high-gradient test facility embarks on a new life at the University of Melbourne

A team from the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group is studying a method of niobium coating by sputtering for use in future accelerators

Follow the journey taken by particles through CERN’s accelerators during a live event on Facebook and YouTube

The latest CERN Courier details the promises and challenges of the new superconducting magnets being developed for increasing accelerator’s energy and luminosity

The High-Luminosity LHC project leader has been awarded the EPS-AG Rolf Widerøe Prize for his major contributions to the field of applied superconductivity for accelerators

The Large Electron–Positron collider was switched on in 1989

Latvian tugboat provides first test-bed for new technology to clean exhausts from ships

Following our article on the PS Booster, we take a look at the next link in CERN’s accelerator chain: the venerable PS and its magnet system