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Newly-launched Quantizer platform transforms ATLAS events into music
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The LHC and its experiments are back in action, now taking physics data for 2016
The LHC went into standby on Friday last week following an electrical perturbation at point 8, caused by a small animal
The CMS collaboration makes 300 TB of high-quality data from the LHC available to the public through the CERN Open Data Portal
The first low-intensity stable beams have been declared in the LHC following the restart in March 2016
CERN launches a new website for visitors as Globe reopens to the public after extensive renovation
An opinion article from Sijbrand de Jong, President of CERN Council, on using innovation and knowledge so cutting-edge research can benefit society
In the fifth part of our “In Theory” series, we take a look at the relationship between theorists and experimental physicists