Open Research Europe (ORE), the open-access publishing platform, has entered a new phase as a collective European publishing service, now operated by CERN. The relaunch expands eligibility beyond ...

Nobody likes an uninvited guest. The mouse crossing the kitchen floor. The spider scuttling across the blanket. The wild boar uprooting the garden. The snake swimming in the pool. The moth flying ...

The procedure for the recovery and sale of CERN property was revised on 2 October 2026. This update clarifies the categorisation of property and the procedures to be followed for its re-use, recovery ...

On 13 October 2026, the CERN Library celebrated the official opening of its new Comfort Zone, a recently renovated space on the ground floor of the CERN Library, in Building 52. High-backed comfort ...

CERN is governed and primarily funded by its 25 Member States. Alongside 11 Associate Member States and partners worldwide, they make CERN a global hub for scientific collaboration.

At CERN, scientists from around the world explore the fundamental structure of the Universe. They use large and complex instruments to push the boundaries of human knowledge.

CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and Mistral, a European developer of large-scale AI models, have signed a statement of intent to establish a long-term strategic partnership focused ...

Some of the last LHC collisions recorded by the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb experiments in 2026 (Left to right, top to bottom). (Image: CERN) In the meantime, it’s time to take stock of the three ...

The findings could help to explain the species’ fascinating flocking behaviour Now, new research has shed light on the reason for these extraordinary abilities. Scientists at CERN have found evidence ...

Once a particle of matter, always a particle of matter. Or not. Thanks to a quirk of quantum physics, four known particles made up of two different quarks – such as the electrically neutral D meson ...

Ireland has officially become an Associate Member State of CERN, following confirmation that it has taken all the necessary steps to ratify the Associate Membership Agreement and accede to the ...

During the recommissioning phase, the operations teams, together with equipment and machine-protection experts, worked around the clock to bring the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) back into operation.