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The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference
A new measurement by the LHCb collaboration of the lifetime of a particle known as the charmed omega is inconsistent with previous estimates
First summer school for secondary students organised between University of Barcelona and CERN
Studies on beam adjustment and new components are being conducted in preparation for future LHC runs
Recent results from CMS explore third-generation leptoquarks: hypothetical particles that combine the properties of leptons and quarks
TEDxCERN 2018 is happening in the heart of Geneva, but you can attend it from anywhere in the world
The Interactions collaboration announced the top six photographs in the ‘Global Physics Photowalk’ competition
The Nobel laureate Leon Lederman passed away at 96 on 3 October
Two high-school teams from India and the Philippines conducted their proposed experiments at CERN
The LHCb collaboration has discovered two new baryons and potentially also a new tetraquark
CERN’s physicists reveal the research behind the scenes during Researchers’ Night
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