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European labs get aligned at CERN

Eleven laboratories have all come to CERN to measure a girder, using their state-of-the-art equipment to establish a common definition of alignment uncertainty

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Engineering
26 January, 2026
Engineering
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26 January, 2026

Upcoming events

Check out this curated list of upcoming events for the CERN community

Announcement
At CERN
26 January, 2026
At CERN
Announcement
26 January, 2026

Probing asteroids with particle beams

CERN’s HiRadMat facility is helping scientists to understand how asteroid materials behave under extreme conditions

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Accelerators
21 January, 2026
Accelerators
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21 January, 2026

What can you do with 380 million Higgs bosons?

The latest edition of the CERN Courier magazine explores what the High-Luminosity LHC will be able to say about the distant past and future of the Universe

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Physics
16 January, 2026

Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3

This technical stop is particularly intense, being both shorter than usual, to maximise the limited time for physics, and very busy, to make essential preparations for LS3, which begins in June

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Accelerators
16 January, 2026
Accelerators
News
16 January, 2026

Building a culture for success

As we prepare to implement the High-Luminosity LHC and secure approval of a flagship collider to follow it, we must work together to create the best possible environment for success

Opinion
At CERN
16 January, 2026
At CERN
Opinion
16 January, 2026

Help shape how CERN improves

New year, new ways of working. Here’s your chance to suggest which processes could be improved at CERN

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At CERN
16 January, 2026
At CERN
News
16 January, 2026

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 CERN community crossword

Thank you to everyone who sent in their completed crosswords

Announcement
At CERN
16 January, 2026
At CERN
Announcement
16 January, 2026

The January/February 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out

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Physics
16 January, 2026
Physics
Announcement
16 January, 2026

Computer Security: A final marathon for service managers

The past two years have brought a lot of new computer-security deployments at CERN: 2-factor authentication, new spam filtering, email quarantining, anti-spoofing protection, 2FA protection for LXPLUS and the CERN Windows Terminal Servers, among others

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Computing
15 January, 2026