Category: Experiments

  • ALPHA cools antimatter using laser light for the first time

    ALPHA cools antimatter using laser light for the first time

    The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the internal structure of antihydrogen and of how it behaves under the influence of gravity

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  • CLOUD at CERN reveals the role of iodine acids in atmospheric aerosol formation

    CLOUD at CERN reveals the role of iodine acids in atmospheric aerosol formation

    The results suggest a new mechanism that could accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice

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  • CLOUD at CERN reveals a new mechanism behind urban smog

    CLOUD at CERN reveals a new mechanism behind urban smog

    The CLOUD collaboration has revealed a new mechanism that drives winter smog episodes in cities

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  • Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

    Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

    The third spacewalk will see astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan install the new cooling pump system for the AMS detector tracker

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  • Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

    Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

    Watch the first of several spacewalks for AMS live on Friday 15 November from 12.50 p.m. CET

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  • FASER: CERN approves new experiment to look for long-lived, exotic particles

    FASER: CERN approves new experiment to look for long-lived, exotic particles

    The experiment, which will complement existing searches for dark matter at the LHC, will be operational in 2021

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  • What’s in store for the CMS detector over the next two years?

    What’s in store for the CMS detector over the next two years?

    With the LHC switched off for a two-year technical stop, CMS is undergoing significant maintenance and upgrades

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  • Wheels in motion: what’s planned for ATLAS in the next two years?

    Wheels in motion: what’s planned for ATLAS in the next two years?

    Enhancing ATLAS’s detection capabilities in preparation for the LHC restart

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  • Upgrading ALICE: What’s in store for the next two years?

    Upgrading ALICE: What’s in store for the next two years?

    Major internal improvements await the ALICE detector during CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)

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  • First particle tracks seen in prototype for international neutrino experiment

    First particle tracks seen in prototype for international neutrino experiment

    The largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world has just recorded its first particle tracks, signaling the start of a new chapter in the story of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).

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