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ATTRACT initiative to fund detection and imaging innovation

CERN and other European organisations join forces to help fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential

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Knowledge sharing
05 September, 2018
Knowledge sharing
News
05 September, 2018
Knowledge sharing
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Hunting for dark quarks

A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate

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Physics
31 August, 2018
Physics
News
31 August, 2018
Physics
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AWAKE achieves first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave

In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the AWAKE collaboration at CERN reports the first ever successful acceleration of electrons using a wave generated by protons zipping through a plasma.

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Accelerators
29 August, 2018
Accelerators
Press release
29 August, 2018
Accelerators
Press release

AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons

Proton beams from the SPS at CERN were used to generate plasma waves upon which the electrons “surfed”

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Experiments
29 August, 2018
Experiments
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29 August, 2018
Experiments
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Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed

Six years after its discovery, the Higgs boson has at last been observed decaying to fundamental particles known as bottom quarks.

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Physics
28 August, 2018
Physics
Press release
28 August, 2018
Physics
Press release

Become a volunteer for Researchers’ Night at CERN!

On Friday, 28 September 2018 CERN organises Researchers’ Night for the 9th consecutive year!

Announcement
At CERN
28 August, 2018
At CERN
Announcement
28 August, 2018
At CERN
Announcement

Launch of the new CERN Learning Hub

Learning is good for you, and it’s good for CERN. And it just got easier! So dive into the Learning Hub and sample the rich world of learning

Announcement
At CERN
28 August, 2018
At CERN
Announcement
28 August, 2018
At CERN
Announcement

Photowalk 2018: CERN winners join global competition

The three winning photographs from CERN’s Photowalk now join the Global Physics Photowalk. Vote for your favourite

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At CERN
27 August, 2018

Taking the temperature of protoDUNE

Giant thermometer can measure the temperatures of liquid argon inside massive neutrino-detector prototype at 48 different depths

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Experiments
24 August, 2018
Experiments
News
24 August, 2018
Experiments
News

ALPHA experiment takes antimatter to a new level

The ALPHA collaboration has observed a new electronic transition in the antihydrogen atom

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Physics
22 August, 2018