Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication The US and CERN upgrade their relationship 05 07 15 By Sarah Charley A new agreement paves the way for joint projects between the United States and . CERN Artwork by Sandbox Studio , Chicago Today in a White House ceremony in Washington , DC , representatives from the US Department of Energy , the US National Science Foundation and the European research center CERN signed a cooperation agreement that lays the groundwork for continued joint research in particle physics and advanced computing both at CERN and in the United . States The agreement succeeds an existing US-CERN agreement , signed in 1997 and set to expire in 2017, that