In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, new data-centre modules were installed and commissioned at the ALICE and LHCb sites (points 2 and 8 of the LHC)

During the long shutdown of CERN’s accelerators, the ALICE experiment at the LHC is removing and refurbishing or replacing the majority of its detectors

Major internal improvements await the ALICE detector during CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)

The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of a new LHC heavy-ion run

The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference

A well-attended jubilee event, held at CERN on 21 March, celebrated 25 years of the ALICE collaboration

Located at ALICE’s experiment site, the exhibition is now open for guided tours

On 15 December, the LHC experiments ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb reviewed their recent experimental results

The ALICE collaboration has released the measurement of the integrated production yield in heavy-ion collisions the anti-alpha particle

Adjustments to the thousands of pieces of equipment making up the LHC are ongoing before data taking can start for 2017