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  • Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected

    Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected

    Surprising results from the NA61/SHINE collaboration at CERN show that this so-called isospin asymmetry could point to gaps in physicists’ understanding of how quarks and gluons combine

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  • CERN community: Join our spring scavenger hunt to win chocolate

    CERN community: Join our spring scavenger hunt to win chocolate

    Celebrate the start of spring by exploring CERN’s biodiversity online, with the chance to win two CAGI Choco Passes

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  • A trailblazer at 90

    A trailblazer at 90

    Find out how CERN is celebrating the 90th birthday of medical physics pioneer Ugo Amaldi and how you can be involved

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  • CERN mobility: driven by data, naturally

    CERN mobility: driven by data, naturally

    Particle physics is all about data, and so too is mobility at CERN. Over the years, our travel habits have been changing, and more changes are to come

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  • Computer Security: The cost of compromise

    Computer Security: The cost of compromise

    Recently, the Computer Security Office reported on a cybersecurity incident at a remote Tier 2 site of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG)

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  • Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead

    Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead

    The first beam-based physics of 2025 has started and more will follow soon. However, some unexpected challenges will cause a small delay in the restart of the LHC

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  • A new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle

    A new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle

    The LHCb experiment at CERN has revealed a fundamental asymmetry in the behaviour of particles called baryons

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  • CERN announces winner of third Collide Copenhagen residency

    CERN announces winner of third Collide Copenhagen residency

    Martyna Marciniak wins the third edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency organised by Arts at CERN in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary

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  • REMINDER: Laser pointers banned in Switzerland

    REMINDER: Laser pointers banned in Switzerland — A "laser pointer" is a small, hand-held laser device that emits laser radiation to indicate objects and locations. From 1 June 2019, only class 1 laser pointers will be allowed for display purposes in Switzerland: it is forbidden to import, possess and use laser pointers of classes 1M,

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  • Particles are back in the accelerators

    Particles are back in the accelerators

    The four accelerators that feed into the Large Hadron Collider have all been restarted, while the LHC itself will receive its first particles in April

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