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  • CERN prepares its long-term future

    CERN prepares its long-term future

    Geneva, 6 February 2014. Particle physics takes the long-term view. Originally conceived in the 1980s, the LHC took another 25 years to come into being. This accelerator, which is unlike any other, is just at the start of a programme which is expected to run for another 20 years. Even now, as consolidation work aimed

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  • The observation of authentic make-believe monopoles

    MOeDAL spokesperson James Pinfold gives his own personal take on the recent announcements of the discovery of a synthetic Dirac monopole

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  • A mid-term report for LS1

    As the LHC’s first long shutdown, LS1, enters its second calendar year, it’s a good time for a mid-term report on how things are progressing

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  • When CERN goes out to meet people

    Pauline Gagnon on talking about particle physics in the unlikeliest of places

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  • CERN experiment produces first beam of antihydrogen atoms for hyperfine study

    Geneva, 21 January 2014. The ASACUSA1 experiment at CERN2 has succeeded for the first time in producing a beam of antihydrogen atoms. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, the ASACUSA collaboration reports the unambiguous detection of 80 antihydrogen atoms 2.7 metres downstream of their production, where the perturbing influence of the magnetic fields

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  • A collaborative adventure

    There’s much to look forward to in 2014 – let’s make it another safe and successful year at CERN, says Director-General Rolf Heuer

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  • CERN to admit Israel as first new Member State since 1999

    CERN to admit Israel as first new Member State since 1999

    Following a resolution unanimously adopted at today’s 169th session of the CERN Council, CERN is set to admit Israel as the Organization’s 21st Member State.

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  • Japanese artist, Ryoji Ikeda, wins the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN

    Linz/Geneva, 14 January 2014. CERN1 data analysis will be the inspiration for the third Prix Ars Electronica2 Collide @ CERN, which was today awarded to the Japanese artist, Ryoji Ikeda3, who lives and works in Paris. Ryoji Ikeda is one of the world’s leading artists who create moving-image, sculptural, sound and new media works that

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  • Solid groundwork underlies a high-profile year

    This year has shown how decades of diligent groundwork lay the foundations for success, says CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer

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  • Ringing the changes in the ombuds office

    After three and a half years in office as CERN’s first Ombuds, the time has come for Vincent Vuillemin to pass on the baton

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