Future Colliders

CERN’s High-Luminosity LHC: progress, challenges, and what is to come

The upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider is an international and innovative effort. In this Q&A, the project’s leader talks through the latest updates and future plans

Issue 49
16 December, 2024

Exploring new frontiers: Unlocking the FCC-ee's potential beyond particle physics

Experts convene at CERN to unveil groundbreaking applications for the Future Circular electron-positron Collider.

Issue 49
15 December, 2024

The role of the EIC Accelerator Collaboration in shaping the Electron-Ion Collider

Progress accelerates toward the development of the world's first fully polarised Electron-Ion Collider

Issue 48
19 September, 2024

FCC-ee and FCC-hh machines: at a glance

The FCC feasibility study, has reached a successful mid-term review on its path to completion in 2025. From electrons to protons, FCC-ee and FCC-hh join forces, offering unprecedented precision and energy reach.

Issue 47
07 May, 2024

YOU see an empty field? WE see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!

Imagine transforming leftover excavated materials from construction projects into fertile soil! OpenSkyLab will examine how best to reuse material from the construction of the proposed FCC for renaturation, agriculture, and forestry purposes.

Issue 47
25 April, 2024

Another piece of hardware sees the light of day at FCC

The HTS4 project wishes to demonstrate that the performance of HTS systems against normal conducting magnets

Issue 47
25 April, 2024

From LEP to the FCC-ee, a great leap in precision

At the second EPOL workshop, the FCC-ee community looked at methods for determining energy with ever greater precision

Issue 42
07 December, 2022

Assessing the carbon footprint of future Higgs factories

A recent analysis, comparing the environmental impact of different proposed Higgs factories per physics output, concluded that the FCC-ee is the most sustainable design.

Issue 41
20 September, 2022

A closed-loop, Nelium turbocompressor test facility

To determine the limitations and opportunities brought by radial compressor technology operating with light gases, a closed-loop turbocompressor test facility has been assembled at the University of Stuttgart, in cooperation with TU Dresden.

Issue 36
07 April, 2021

Future Circular Collider Innovation Study kicks off

The meeting combined the fourth FCC Physics Workshop with the kick-off meeting of the EC-funded Horizon 2020 FCC Innovation Study (FCCIS)

Issue 35
25 January, 2021