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An LHC magnet makes a stop in the heart of Geneva to celebrate 200 years since the canton joined the Swiss Confederation
New results from LHCb suggest that B+mesons decay to muons about 25% less often than they decay to electrons
The Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics and the Elettra light source have signed to supply accelerator components worth €1 million to SESAME
For CERN, the "Fête des Voisins" (neighbours' fair) lasted the whole weekend
Today the Collider exhibition, which began life at London’s Science Museum, launches in Manchester, UK, ahead of an international tour
Time spent at CERN has inspired a team of young computer scientists to launch ProtonMail, a new encrypted-email service
This weekend, CERN is inviting residents of the local area to discover its installations
At Quark Matter 2014 this week in Germany, the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS experiments are presenting the latest results from the LHC's heavy-ion programme
CERN openlab today published a White Paper on future IT challenges in scientific research
A new subdetector has been added to the very heart of ATLAS, closest to the beam pipe where particle collisions will occur
Teach the machines: CERN launches competition to develop machine-learning analysis techniques for Higgs data
CLOUD experiment shows that biogenic vapours emitted by trees and oxidised in the atmosphere have significant impact on formation of clouds