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What do some webcams, cameras, video-conferencing cameras, control devices and Internet-of-Things devices connected to CERN networks have in common?
The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter
New results from CMS and ATLAS experiments reveal how strongly the Higgs boson interacts with the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark
The FRESCA2 magnet, which will serve as a test station for the superconductors of the future, has set a new record of 14.6 teslas
Samuel Ting delivered the latest unexpected results from the AMS experiment last week at CERN
Researchers from the XENON1T experiment at LNGS, Italy, present results using 1300 kg of cold Xe atoms to detect dark matter
CERN successfully tests crab cavities, a key component of the High-Luminosity LHC
The LHC is in full production mode with 2556 bunches per beam and has already successfully provided 14.6 fb-1 to each of ATLAS and CMS
Discover the new aerial photos of CERN taken by drone at gis.cern.ch. You’ll be amazed by the level of detail
More than 450 physicists and engineers took part in the first workshop to define CERN’s experimental programme from 2020 onwards
At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms
By responding to a survey about how you travel to, from and around CERN, you will help new mobility proposals to be drawn up