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The LHCb collaboration has observed a new pentaquark particle and has confirmed the pentaquark structure previously reported
Taking back control using open software
New injection and acceleration equipment is being installed in the PS Booster, which is in the midst of a major overhaul
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The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation visited CERN on 10 June
The President of the Republic of Italy visited CERN on 10 June
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It only takes a few seconds’ thought to improve waste sorting and repurposing.
Ten new magnets are already being connected
In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, new data-centre modules were installed and commissioned at the ALICE and LHCb sites (points 2 and 8 of the LHC)
Running your own computing hardware, installation stack, (web) applications, databases, etc., is just not cost effective and usually you won’t be able to commit the required attention to keeping those systems sufficiently secure
