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The CALorimetric Electron Telescope reached the ISS on 24 August. It will perform long-exposure observations of high-energy cosmic radiation
The LHC Operations team is tackling the challenges of a demanding beam regime with a series of rigorous tests
The comparison, published today in <em>Nature Physics</em>, confirms a fundamental symmetry of nature to an unprecedented precision for light nuclei
In a paper published today in Nature, BASE reports the most precise comparison of the charge-to-mass ratio of the proton to the antiproton
Magnetic shielding technology developed at CERN could protect astronauts from cosmic radiation in space
Official notification that Pakistan has ratified the Association Agreement arrived at CERN this morning
SESAME – Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East – will be the region’s first light source
CERN has developed an accelerator just two metres long to be used in hospitals for medical imaging and the treatment of cancer
The world particle-physics community has convened in Vienna for the 2015 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics
Untangle a rare particle decay from the background in LHCb data and you could win up to $7000
In a new blog series, ATLAS-collaboration members from all over the world share their stories
CERN researchers performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the third annual workshop of ‘The physics of music and the music of physics’