The chief of the CERN physics laboratory says China's decision to pause its major particle accelerator project presents an "opportunity" to ensure Europe's rival plan goes ahead. Ten years ago, China ...

China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator marked a sharp turn in the ...

“Understanding the fundamental nature of our universe is the mission that unites humanity,” said Pete Worden, chairman of the ...

For the first time in CERN’s history, private donors (individuals and philanthropic foundations) have agreed to support a CERN flagship research project. Recently, a group of friends of CERN, ...

But Beijing recently put the project on ice, CERN's director-general Fabiola Gianotti told a small group of journalists at a recent briefing. China's CEPC would be way bigger than CERN's Large Hadron ...