Ana Lopes

Ana began working at CERN in 2018 as a Science Writer for the CERN Communications group.
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CMS sees evidence of top quarks in collisions between heavy nuclei

The result opens the path to study in a new and unique way the extreme state of matter that is thought to have existed shortly after the Big Bang

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Physics
09 October, 2020

NA63 makes crystal-clear study of radiation reaction

The NA63 collaboration has made a high-precision study of the phenomenon of radiation reaction, using particle beams and crystals

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Physics
22 September, 2020

ISOLDE reveals fundamental property of rarest element on Earth

The finding is significant for both fundamental and medical research, as the element is a promising candidate for cancer treatment by targeted alpha therapy

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Physics
30 July, 2020

Breaking new ground in the search for dark matter

Our fourth story in the LHC Physics at Ten series discusses the LHC’s hunt for the hypothetical particle that may make up dark matter

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Physics
07 August, 2020

Chasing particles with tiny electric charges

Researchers have conducted the first search at a hadron collider for elementary particles with electric charges smaller than a tenth of the electron charge

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Physics
14 July, 2020

New spokesperson for the LHCb collaboration

Chris Parkes takes the baton from Giovanni Passaleva

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Experiments
30 June, 2020
Experiments
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30 June, 2020

NA64 explores gap in searches for axions and axion-like particles

The NA64 collaboration has conducted its first search for axions and axion-like particles, targeting an unexplored area

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Physics
22 June, 2020

Cosmic rays throw up surprises, again

Cosmic-ray data collected by the AMS detector on the International Space Station again challenge conventional theory of cosmic-ray origin and propagation

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Physics
29 May, 2020
Physics
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29 May, 2020

Neutron stars show their cores

A combination of theoretical calculations and information from astronomical observations indicates that massive neutron stars can contain cores filled with free quarks

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Physics
02 June, 2020
Physics
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02 June, 2020

New LHCb analysis still sees previous intriguing results

The new analysis continues to find tension with the Standard Model, but more data are needed to identify its cause

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Physics
10 March, 2020

MoEDAL hunts for dyons

The MoEDAL collaboration at CERN reports the first search at a particle accelerator for particles with both electric and magnetic charge

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Physics
17 February, 2020
Physics
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17 February, 2020

ISOLDE spots another pear-shaped nucleus

An experiment performed at CERN’s ISOLDE facility shows that the nucleus of the isotope radium-222 is pear-shaped

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Physics
10 February, 2020
Physics
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10 February, 2020