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New technique for producing antihydrogen atoms is important milestone for measuring influence of gravity on antimatter
The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative will explore the potential of devices harnessing perplexing quantum phenomena such as entanglement to enrich and expand its challenging research programme
The CERN Neutrino Platform has proved a major success in enabling European participation in long-baseline neutrino projects in the US and Japan
This week’s drafting session marks key discussions for the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics
The newly published book distils inputs from Europe’s particle physics community
A new facility following the founding principles of CERN begins its design phase
The magazine has published over 600 issues and now reaches tens of thousands of readers
A 1000+ page report quantifies the physics potential of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
As the Web turns 30, particle physics continues to blaze a trail in open science
Half a century ago, theorist Gabriele Veneziano visited CERN and wrote a paper that wound up marking the beginning of string theory
Find out how the laser physics recognised by the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics opens up new perspectives in particle physics