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At CERN, scientists from around the world use unique machines to explore how the Universe works, pushing the limits of technology for the benefit of society.

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The CERN Council decided to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics

An ambitious vision for particle physics emerges from two years of community effort

ALPHA measures tiny energy gap in antimatter with improved precision

Researchers increased the precision of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen hundredfold

Winning teams selected for the Beamline for Schools 2026

Teams from Bangladesh, India, Türkiye, the UK and the USA will carry out their own accelerator experiments at CERN, DESY and the University of Bonn

The CERN Council decided to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics

An ambitious vision for particle physics emerges from two years of community effort

ALPHA measures tiny energy gap in antimatter with improved precision

Researchers increased the precision of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen hundredfold

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IN PREPARATION

HiLumi LHC

The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider will increase by a factor of ten the number of particle collisions (called “luminosity”), vastly increasing the volume of physics data available for researchers.

This leap forward will allow physicists to explore the behaviour of the Higgs boson and other elementary particles with unprecedented precision, increasing the potential for discoveries after 2030.

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Future Circular Collider

The Future Circular Collider could be Europe’s next-generation particle collider: a unique tool to explore the deepest mysteries of the Universe and to drive technology, innovation and skills for decades to come. 

This new collider would help answer many questions about nature’s rulebook that lie beyond the reach of current colliders.

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Key achievements

The Higgs boson

Discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the Higgs boson confirms the Higgs mechanism, which explains how elementary particles acquire mass through interaction with the Higgs field.
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Neutral currents

Observed at CERN in 1973, via the Gargamelle bubble chamber, and provided the first evidence of the weak neutral force.
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W and Z bosons

Discovered at CERN in 1983, the W and Z boson mediate the weak nuclear force.
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The birth of the web

In 1989, CERN computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web to enable efficient sharing of research data among scientists around the globe.
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Antimatter

CERN operates the world’s only dedicated antimatter facility, producing the first anti-atoms in 1995 and later trapping and transporting antimatter.
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