News on Particle physics in 2015

CERN collides heavy nuclei at new record high energy

25 November 2015

CERN collides heavy nuclei at new record high energyThe world’s most powerful accelerator, the 27 km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operating at CERN in Geneva established collisions between lead nuclei, this morning, at the highest energies ever.

CERN restarts particle collisions at record high energy

3 June 2015

CERN restarts particle collisions at record high energy The 27 km long underground particle accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is once again in full swing and is colliding protons at record energies. This is after a break of more than two years to rebuild and upgrade the

Detector at the South Pole explores the mysterious neutrinos

16 April 2015

Detector at the South Pole explores the mysterious neutrinosThe Earth is constantly bombarded by billions of neutrinos, which zip right through the entire globe. The giant IceCube experiment at the South Pole can detect when there is a collision between neutrinos and atoms in the ice.

CERN starting the LHC accelerator up again to solve new mysteries

12 March 2015

CERN starting the LHC accelerator up again to solve new mysteriesThe 27 km long subterranean particle accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is ready to start up again. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. After a break of two years, which was a