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LEP shutdown postponed by one month
Geneva, 14 September 2000. On 14 September 2000 CERN1‘s Director General Prof. Luciano Maiani, after a recommendation from the LEP Experiments Committee and the CERN Research Board, decided to extend the experimental run of the LEP accelerator until the 2nd November 2000. It was originally planned to conclude LEP’s eleven year period of physics research
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Start-up of CERN’s New Antimatter Factory
Geneva, 10 August 2000. CERN1‘s unique new antimatter factory, the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) has begun delivering antiprotons to experiments. These experiments will study antimatter in depth to determine if there is a difference between it and ordinary matter. Any difference between antimatter and matter would be extremely interesting since it is not yet understood why
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Signatures of the Invisible
Geneva, 29 June 2000. “Signatures of the Invisible” is an unique collaboration between contemporary artists and contemporary physicists which has the potential to help redefine the relationship between science and art. “Signatures of the Invisible” is jointly organised by the London Institute – the world’s largest college of art and design and CERN1, the world’s
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Theoretical physicists take stock at CERN conference
Geneva, 27 June 2000. On Monday 26 June Luciano Maiani, Director-General of CERN1, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, opened the “Supersymmetry 2000” conference which is taking place at CERN in Geneva this week. Many of the world’s top physicists are gathering to present their work and discuss possible signatures of new physics beyond the
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Last sprint for LEP
Geneva, 23 June 2000. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 115th session today under the chairmanship of Dr. Hans C. Eschelbacher (DE). Geneva, 23 June 2000. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of
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CERN and ESA Examine Future Fundamental Physics Research in Space
Geneva, 4 April 2000. A special workshop on Fundamental Physics in Space and related topics will be held at CERN1 in Geneva from 5 to 7 April 2000. Remarkable advances in technology and progress made in reliability and cost effectiveness of European space missions in recent years have opened up exciting new directions for such
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CERN, ESA and ESO Launch “Physics On Stage”
Geneva, 1 March 2000. Physics is everywhere. The laws of physics govern the Universe, the Sun, the Earth and even our own lives. In today's rapidly developing society, we are becoming increasingly dependent on high technology – computers, transport, and communication are just some of the key areas that are the result of discoveries by
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New State of Matter created at CERN
Geneva, 10 February 2000. At a special seminar on 10 February, spokespersons from the experiments on CERN1‘s Heavy Ion programme presented compelling evidence for the existence of a new state of matter in which quarks, instead of being bound up into more complex particles such as protons and neutrons, are liberated to roam freely. Geneva,
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CERN confronts the New Millennium with Confidence
Geneva, 17 Desember 1999. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 114th session on 17 December under the chairmanship of Dr. Hans C. Eschelbacher (DE). President's Report Dr Eschelbacher opened the meeting with comments on the state of CERN
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From Geneva to Gran Sasso in 2.5 milliseconds!
Geneva, 16 December. CERN1 is collaborating with the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Italy to send a beam of neutrinos through the earth, under the mountains from Geneva in Switzerland to the Gran Sasso laboratory in central Italy, 730 km away. The experiments will shed light on the possibility that neutrinos have mass