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The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of the latest LHC heavy-ion run
Nearly 90% of High-Energy Physics publications are funded by SCOAP³
The ATLAS collaboration presents its latest search for heavy Majorana neutrinos
CERN has launched its new home.cern website, presenting a different way of finding out about the Organization
On 11 October 2018, ATLAS celebrated the outstanding achievements of its collaboration members with the Outstanding Achievement Awards
Important information about the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics
How we produce, share and preserve knowledge has transformed with advancements in technology and changes in publishing methods, especially in research
Halfway between launch and start-up, what is the status of the High-Luminosity LHC project?
Find out how the laser physics recognised by the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics opens up new perspectives in particle physics
From 4 to 9 June, some 450 researchers gathered in Bologna, Italy for the sixth Large Hadron Collider Physics (LHCP) conference
The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference
