Category: Experiments
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Outstanding achievements of ATLAS Collaboration members celebrated at CERN
Great physics relies on great teamwork. The ATLAS Collaboration brings together over 6000 scientists, engineers and other professionals from around the world, drawing on their wealth of experience to keep the experiment running and drive new discoveries. Since 2014, the ATLAS Outstanding Achievement Awards have celebrated contributions made outside the context of a physics analysis,
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CERN congratulates Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which discovered high-energy neutrinos coming from far beyond our Solar System. This work is paving the way for a new generation of observatories to exploit neutrinos as a unique messenger of extreme environments in the
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First petals installed in the ATLAS Inner Tracker Strips Endcap
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Upgrading the CMS muon chamber electronics
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CMS BRIL subsystems successfully removed
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Niels Doble (1938–2026)
Niels Doble (1938–2026) — Niels Doble, born on 2 May 1938, passed away on 8 August 2026 after a short illness. Niels was best known for his pivotal contributions to the initial design and subsequent operation of the North Area at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) complex. Niels studied physics at the University of Bristol.
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Paolo Emilio Strolin (1939–2026)
Paolo Strolin, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Naples Federico II and significant contributor to many CERN experiments, passed away on 28 June 2026 at the age of 87.
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Positrons pass test for the Future Circular Collider
An experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has successfully produced, captured and transported positrons using a novel system developed for CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC). The results show that the key elements of the FCC positron-source concept can operate together, representing an important advance for this technically demanding aspect of the
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Final tests for the AMS upgrade before spaceflight
A new layer of silicon sensors is being tested at CERN before being sent to the International Space Station
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Jens Bisplinghoff (1944 – 2026)
Jens Bisplinghoff (1944 – 2026) — The AMBER Collaboration is deeply saddened by the passing of our dear colleague Jens Bisplinghoff at the age of 81. Jens devoted more than four decades to experimental nuclear and particle physics. He began his scientific career in nuclear physics, conducting research at the University of Bonn, the Nuclear