What is the nature of our universe?
What is it made of?

 

 

 

 

 

Scientists from around the world
come to CERN…

 

 

 

 

 

… to seek answers to such
         fundamental questions…

 

 

 

 

 

… using particle accelerators
         and pushing the limits of technology.

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22 Sep/20
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22 Sep/20
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Jordan Cotler - "Euclidean Wormholes and Random CFT"

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22 Sep/20
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24 Sep/20
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The Standard Model and Beyond with Exotic Atoms

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24 Sep/20
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Quantum Annealers as a Laboratory for Quantum Physics

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