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The NA64 collaboration has placed new limits on the interaction between a photon and its hypothetical dark-matter counterpart
Dutch artist Rosa Menkman has been selected as the winner of the first Collide International award in Barcelona alongside four Honorary Mentions
Hot water from the LHC’s cooling system at Point 8 will be collected to heat a new area of the neighbouring commune of Ferney-Voltaire
CMS has also provided open access to 100% of its research data recorded in proton–proton collisions in 2010
The first measurement, by the ALICE collaboration, of an elliptic-shaped flow for bottomonium particles could help shed light on the early universe
ATLAS and CMS have studied the Higgs boson with the largest sample of proton–proton collision data recorded so far
Post-conflict nations establish supercomputing centres with CERN servers in a bid to stem brain-drain of highly-skilled graduates
Leaders of international scientific organisations support the International Day of LGBTQ+ people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
First results are in for the KWISP detector’s hunt for hypothetical dark-energy particles from the Sun
This summer CERN scientists will be showcasing particle physics at festivals across Europe
At CERN, 40 000 cables will be installed or removed during LS2. Laid end to end, they would stretch for 2000 kilometres!