The new particle, named Xi-cc-plus, carries two heavy charm quarks and is about four times heavier than an ordinary proton.

Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory have discovered a heavier version of the proton using an upgraded detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

Researchers at CERN have announced a new particle that is like a slightly heavier version of the proton. This new particle, reported by the LHCb experiment, has two charm quarks and one down quark, ...

A worker rides on his bicycle in the CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel during maintenance. In late May, I had a chance to visit CERN, near Geneva, and visit with Jakub Mościcki, head of CERN’s ...

Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter ...

Significant recent advancements spearheaded with support from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, are revealing deeper insights into the fundamental nature of our universe. The ...

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In recent months, Ireland became an associate member of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. This is a very welcome development for physicists, engineers and computer scientists ...

Edited by Mónica Bello, In the Spaces Between is a sustained reflection on the long-running Arts at CERN programme.