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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
Helix Nebula launches its new cloud-computing marketplace service during event at CERN
CERN DG and Turkish minister for Energy and Natural Resources today signed an agreement admitting Turkey to CERN Associate Membership
PARTNER – an innovative project to train young scientists in aspects of hadron therapy – has proved to be a great success
Some 27,000 electrical shunts have been added to connections between magnets on the LHC
MINERvA seeks to make precise measurements of neutrino cross-section on light and heavy nuclei
A new trigger system will expand what ATLAS scientists can look for during high-energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
The CERN Superconductors team recently obtained a world-record current of 20 kA at 24 K in a magnesium diboride (MgB<sub>2</sub>) superconductor