To tap into the still-unexplained phenomena of the Standard Model, particle physicists need new strategies, new ideas, and new plans.

To tap into the still-unexplained phenomena of the Standard Model, particle physicists need new strategies, new ideas, and new plans.

Meet Katie Larkin, Jameson O’Reilly, and Preston Epps. Three fourth year students who spent the last six months living and working abroad at one of the world’s largest centers for scientific research – the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, more commonly known as CERN.

Professors Barberis and Wood have been awarded a three-year grant for research to be completed at CERN in Switzerland, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator used by physicists around the world to track and identify particle collisions.

Nicholas Haubrich has been a busy man while on co-op. When he's not working long hours on location, he's traveling through Europe.

Associate dean and physics professor George Alverson received an award from CERN.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, has been making groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear and particle physics since its establishment in 1952. And there is a team of four Northeastern faculty who are involved with one of its projects.

When it came time to choose a col­lege, Nick DePorzio found a piece of infor­ma­tion that solid­i­fied his choice to attend Northeastern. One of the university’s more than 2,900 co-​​op sites is CERN, the Euro­pean Orga­ni­za­tion for Nuclear Research, which hosts the world’s largest and most pow­erful par­ticle accel­er­ator.

Northeastern University is part of an international consortium working to make all data from the field of high-energy particle physics available to the public.

In March of last year, sci­en­tists working with the Large Hadron Col­lider at the Euro­pean Orga­ni­za­tion for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzer­land, iden­ti­fied the Higgs boson.

Some people are not making plans for the New Year. From hiding in bomb shel­ters to sharp­ening their sur­vival skills, doomsday the­o­rists are preparing for judg­ment day, which the Mayan cal­endar pre­dicts will take place on Friday.