Head to the COMPASS building to see different aspects of a high-energy-physics experiment: the beam line, where the particle beam extracted from the Super Protron Synchrotron machine comes from, the target area, where the beam interacts with a target, and different types of particle detectors.

Did you know that you can detect a material without touching it by measuring its electrical properties? Get a live demonstration of how changes in electrical capacitance can be used to detect movements of your hand, to count sheets of paper and much more than this in the context of particle accelerators.

Come to this visit point to explore the cryogenic systems used to cool down to -271.35 Celsius all the superconducting magnets. They keep particle beams on course around the LHC's 27-kilometre ring.

Come and discover the particularities of cryogenic liquids and the fascinating properties of matter at low temperatures. You'll also have a chance to taste an excellent ice cream made with liquid nitrogen.

Scintillating crystals give off light when hit by a particle. Find out how they are used in particle-physics experiments, such as CERN's CMS experiment, and in medical imaging.

Circuit through the two main data rooms in the CERN Data Centre. Additional activities include watching a video about the creation and development of the Web and the issues it faces today, learning how the avalanche of data produced by the physics experiments is stored, distributed and processed, and attending short talks on a variety of information-technology topics.

The TE-MPE-EM section provides centralised services for CERN's electronics community, offering design services, prototype board assembly, and production of electronic circuit boards and modules. In our workshop, you can see the machines and processes used to produce modern electronics, from particle-accelerator parts to personal computers.

Take part in interactive demonstrations of a variety of techniques that underlie state-of-the-art particle detectors.

Discover the high-precision techniques that are used to align particle detectors.

Get an introduction to the design and production of electronics for particle detectors and find out about the Medipix family of chips developed at CERN that has proved its credentials outside the field of high-energy physics, including in art authentication and restoration.