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The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter
Samuel Ting delivered the latest unexpected results from the AMS experiment last week at CERN
At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms
At a seminar at CERN today, Nobel Prize winner Samuel Ting will deliver the latest results from the AMS experiment
Experiments resume at CERN’s second-largest accelerator, the Super Proton Synchrotron
The Large Hadron Collider has initiated the collision of proton beams for the first time this year
The ALPHA experiment at CERN has measured a light-induced transition in antihydrogen with unprecedented precision
The NA62 experiment has observed a candidate event for an ultra-rare charged kaon decay