Since 2003, a LHC dipole magnet turned into a telescope has been following the Sun's movements from behind a concrete wall. This is the CAST experiment - hunting for hypothetical "axion" particles that could be produced in the centre of our star ☀️ Find out more about this experiment: https://home.cern/science/experiments/cast | CERN

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Check out our #360video tour of CERN which takes you deep inside the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s greatest physics experiment. | BBC News

Since mid-March, 11,000 litres of sanitiser gel have been produced at the CERN Chemistry Laboratory. And more than 6,000 litres have been donated to the departments of Ain and Haute Savoie to help the local community (EHPAD, fire brigades, etc.). For several days now, the chemical lab has been to ramp-up their activities back to his core business of physico-chemical analyses and surface treatments. Find out more about how CERN technologies and expertise are helping in the collective global fight

Highlights of the year at CERN, with numerous physics results, new technologies and much more. Whether you’re passionate about science or simply curious, young or not so young, interested in technology or in international cooperation, 2018 had some wonderful surprises in store for you at CERN. From new studies on the Higgs boson to the start-up of antimatter experiments, the inauguration of the Esplanade des Particules and innovative applications for medicine and society, CERN shone in many fiel