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  • Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

    Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

    On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

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  • A lot to look forward to

    The proton-lead run will be short, and our main activity this year will be the start of the LHC’s first long shutdown

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  • Gordon Fraser (1943-2013)

    Gordon Fraser (1943-2013)

    Editor of CERN Courier who made many valuable contributions to the laboratory

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  • Another vintage year

    “This is the year that will go down in history as marking the first of the LHC’s major discoveries, a defining moment in the history of science”

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  • Video: Colliding particles episode 11 – Higgs

    This episode of the Colliding Particles series looks back at the July Higgs search update

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  • A memorable week

    A Special Fundamental Physics Prize, handing over the CERN Council Presidency and a pilot run with 25 nanosecond bunch spacing made it a busy week

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  • The first LHC protons run ends with new milestone

    The first LHC protons run ends with new milestone

    Geneva, 17 December 2012. This morning CERN1 completed the first LHC proton run. The remarkable first three-year run of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator was crowned by a new performance milestone. The space between proton bunches in the beams was halved to further increase beam intensity. Geneva, 17 December 2012. This morning CERN1 completed

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  • CERN is granted the status of observer to the United Nations General Assembly

    Geneva, 14 December 2012. The United Nations General Assembly in New York today adopted a resolution granting CERN1 observer status. This status gives the Organization the right to participate in the work of the General Assembly and to attend its sessions as an observer. “It’s a great honour for CERN to accede to the status

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  • Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces Physics Frontiers and New Horizons in Physics prizes along with two special prizes

    Geneva, 11 December 2012. Two $3,000,000 special Fundamental Physics Prizes have been awarded to Stephen Hawking and to seven scientists who led the effort to discover a Higgs-like particle at CERN’s1 Large Hadron Collider. The winner of the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize will be announced at a ceremony in Geneva on 20 March 2013. New

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  • Second Open Competition for Collide@CERN-Geneva Residency Award announced today

    Geneva, 06 December 2012. CERN1 and the City and Canton of Geneva today announce the second open call for entries in the Collide @ CERN-Geneva2 award. This year, the award funded by the City and Canton of Geneva, will be made specifically in film. The competition is open to film makers and screenwriters who work

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