An LHC cryogenic unit installed in its final underground location has for the first time achieved 1.8 Kelvin (-271°C), the temperature at which the accelerator is to operate in 2007. >>

To meet the needs of the new ISOLDE experiments, a new extension has been added to the facility's Building 170. >>

To mark the World Year of Physics, the Physics Section of the University of Geneva is organising a series of lectures for the uninitiated. >>

Marc Verwilghen, Belgian Minister of Economy, Energy, Foreign Trade and Science Policy, came to CERN on 8 April 2005, where he visited the CMS assembly hall and underground cavern, as well as the hall where the LHC superconducting magnets are being tested. >>

Fire knows no borders and neither should the tools for fighting it. It was with this aim in mind that delegates from 14 different countries came to CERN at the beginning of April to take part in the twentieth of a series of twice-yearly international conferences organised by the Federation of European Union Fire Officer Associations (FEU). >>

This evening should shed a little more light on CERN! Come and discover the role played by light in the research performed at CERN and how physicists make use of it to gain a better understanding of particles and the history of our Universe. >>