Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration(cea.fr)

461 points by mpweiher 1 year ago | 445 comments

CEA press release announcing its WEST tokamak sustained a plasma for over 22 minutes on 12 February, setting a world record for plasma duration in a tokamak.

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet(home.cern)

134 points by gmays 2 years ago | 115 comments

Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak with major consequences(home.cern)

218 points by untilted 3 years ago | 155 comments

CERN levels up with new superconducting karts(home.cern)

378 points by fnands 6 months ago | 85 comments

CERN news article dated 1 April 2026 announcing superconducting karts to be tested in the LHC tunnel ahead of major works, apparently an April Fools' piece.

Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700k times Earth's(english.news.cn)

7 points by eagleislandsong 1 year ago | 1 comments

CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep(home.cern)

301 points by mackopes 1 year ago | 99 comments