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ALICE solves mystery of light-nuclei survival

December 12, 2025/

Observations of the formation of light-nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter Particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can reach temperatures over one hundred thousand times hotter than at the centre of the Sun. Yet, somehow, light atomic nuclei and...

Ireland becomes an Associate Member State of CERN

October 23, 2025/

CERN welcomes Ireland as an Associate Member State Ireland has officially become an Associate Member State of CERN, following confirmation that it has taken all the necessary steps to ratify the Associate Membership Agreement and accede to the protocol on CERN’s privileges and immunities. The starting date of Ireland’s status as an Associate Member State...

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC

May 13, 2025/

Near-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting quantities of gold nuclei Geneva, 8th May 2025. In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of...