CERN is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Learn about the Laboratory, its mission and the people working at the limits of technology for the benefit of society.
A new experiment at the Test Facility has helped scientists study a prototype component for a future particle collider.
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Finding a Higgs boson was one triumph; today's experiments continue the story.
CERN's injector complex and accelerator factory prepare for the next generation.
We hear how teams move massive components of the accelerator, built for the next generation of experiments.
At the heart of the CERN accelerator complex, the LHC is one of the world's most powerful scientific instruments. Explore what is happening underground and in our laboratories.
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The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider will increase the rate of collisions in the LHC, providing new opportunities for physics discoveries and precision measurements.
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The Future Circular Collider is a proposed next-generation particle collider that could follow the LHC and open a new window on fundamental physics.
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Discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, the Higgs boson completes the Standard Model's picture of fundamental particles.
Important discoveries helped establish the Standard Model of particle physics.
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The LHC is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator.
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