Life at Cern in pictures: from collider to canteen
At the Cern campus just outside Geneva in Switzerland, the labs and offices are still abuzz after the Higgs boson announcement, and its international, ever-shifting population of physicists are endlessly enthusiastic about the chance to work inside this very special institution
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Inside the office of German scientist Dr Mathias Garny, who is searching for dark matter and astroparticles
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Pupils from the UK visiting Cern, pictured in front of a large-scale print of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Inside the control room of the Compact Muon Solenoid
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Inside a control room at Cern in Geneva
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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100 metres deep: the view in front of the Compact Muon Solenoid accelerator
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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In the canteen at Cern
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Inside the Globe of Science and Innovation exhibition space – the circular screen displays a map of the Large Hadron Collider
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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The Globe of Science and Innovation exhibition space is a highlight for visitors to Cern
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Scientists taking a coffee break in Cern's cafeteria - even the tables are illustrated with scientific experiments
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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Inside the server room of the Compact Muon Solenoid
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
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A mural of Cern's major experiments in the campus car park
Photograph: Stefan Pangritz for the Guardian
