Unusually for the holiday season, the car parks are full, finding a table at lunch is a formidable challenge, and people can (more than ever) be found in their offices late into the night. All the evidence points to one thing… the most ambitious particle collider in the world is just a few weeks away from its first proton beam! >>

After a quarter of a century of dreaming and planning, designing and building, at last we are about to see the LHC completed. >>

On 11 July Fabiola Gianotti was elected by the ATLAS Collaboration as its future Spokesperson. >>

CERN took part in the seventh year of the Nuit de la science on 5-6 July dedicated to the theme of Time. Some 30 000 visitors filed through the 52 stands set up around the Perle du Lac park. >>

On 3 July, François Bayrou, president of the French political party MOuvement DÉMocrate, visited CERN and took part in a round-table discussion. >>