Workshop: ‘The Universe: Origin and Composition’ CEIP San Juan de la Peña
On Thursday 4 June, the workshop ‘The Universe: Origin and Composition’ was held for the 5-year-old pupils at CEIP San Juan de la Peña (Jaca). A Big Bang was simulated and the children learnt about the different components of the Universe. The pupils followed the explanations with great curiosity [...]
Arrival of the Second GeRysy Detector for the JASC-LSC Project
On May 19, the second ultra-low-background HPGe spectrometer, based on a large SAGe-geometry crystal, was received as part of the Jagiellonian Advanced Screening at Canfranc (JASC) project. The spectrometer has been installed in the clean room of Hall C and cooled with liquid nitrogen, awaiting the next calibration steps and the shielding that will complete its installation. Researchers from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków travelled to the LSC to oversee the process. Following the established naming convention, the detector has been christened GeRysy II.
38th meeting of the LSC Scientific Advisory Committee
The 38th meeting of the Scientific Committee was held on 27–28 May 2026 at the LSC’s Headquarters’ Building. The Committee received comprehensive oral presentations from the NEXT, CROSS, CADEx, and DArTinArDM collaborations. In addition, detailed written status reports from these projects were reviewed alongside updates from TREX-DM, BabyIAXO, and [...]
NEXT Collaboration Meeting
The 2026 NEXT collaboration meeting was held at the LSC premises on May 25-28. This meeting covered the low-pressure data-taking results from NEXT-100, the detector upgrade for high-pressure operation and the data-taking schedule for the next three years, as well as the status of the R&D lines aimed at [...]
The LSC Holds Its 2nd Science Classroom for Secondary School Students
From May 12th to 14th, the LSC held the second edition of its Science Classroom for 2nd-year secondary school students, bringing together 40 students from five schools in Navarra and Valladolid. During these days, the students enjoyed a scientific programme specially designed for them, including physics, chemistry and biology workshops, as well as talks and experimental activities that allowed them to carry out their own field measurements and experience science in a practical and engaging way. We hope this experience has inspired you to continue discovering the world of science.
¡Habemus Doctora! Beatriz Hernández successfully defends her doctoral thesis
We are celebrating! Our colleague Beatriz Hernández, now Dr. Hernández, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis "The role of neutrinos in the formation and evolution of the Universe". All of us here at LSC are incredibly proud of this major achievement and happy to have supported Beatriz throughout this journey of research and discovery. We wish her every success in all the scientific challenges to come. Congratulations, Bea! The universe (and your career) has no limits.