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The LHCb has announced a precise measurement of the unitarity triangle angle β
Sergio Bertolucci presents CERN's strategy for neutrino physics today at 11am. Watch the webcast
Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics has started a new future in rare isotopes
A new result brings precision to a key measurement of strong-interaction physics
International Science Grid This Week speaks to Alberto Di Meglio as CERN openlab enters its fifth phase
The first prototype module of the Compact Linear Collider Study (CLIC) is operational in the dedicated test facility at CERN
The CMS collaboration recently completed the full Run 1 data analysis in each of the most important channels for the decay and production of the Higgs
For the first time a collider has brought ions of helium-3 into collision with gold nuclei
ALICE has used a new technique to look at the size of the final state at ‘freeze-out’ in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has been collecting data on some of the most violent collisions in the universe
ISOLDE is holding a special 50th anniversary edition of its annual workshop to celebrate the approval of the programme in 1964
ICTP director Fernando Quevedo talks to Antonella Del Rosso about the contribution that theorists make to society and why it deserves support