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Phase 2 of ATTRACT launches new call for proposals

ATTRACT phase 2 has launched three calls for proposals that include a thematically defined R&D&I track, student programmes for social innovation, and socio-economic studies linked to the ATTRACT initiative

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Knowledge sharing
20 July, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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20 July, 2021

UNOSAT at CERN: Satellite mapping for the good of humanity

A look back at 20 years of hosting UNOSAT, the newly recognised United Nations Satellite Centre

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Knowledge sharing
05 July, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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05 July, 2021

ALICE finds that charm hadronisation differs at the LHC

New measurements by the ALICE collaboration show that the way charm quarks form hadrons in proton-proton collisions differs significantly from expectations based on electron collider measurements

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Physics
10 June, 2021

Celebrating four years of the CERN alumni network with a virtual event

The fast-growing High-Energy Network is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a special event highlighting the impact of CERN alumni on society

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Knowledge sharing
03 June, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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03 June, 2021

Accelerators meet gravitational waves

Physicists discuss the possibility of using particle accelerators to detect or even generate gravitational waves

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Accelerators
03 June, 2021
Accelerators
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03 June, 2021

Connecting the smallest and largest scales

The first edition of the EuCAPT annual symposium on 5-7 May saw hundreds of physicists discuss the latest opportunities and challenges in theoretical astroparticle physics and cosmology

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Physics
10 May, 2021

NA64 sets bounds on how much new X bosons could change the electron’s magnetism

The result cannot explain an apparent tension with the Standard Model in the electron’s magnetic moment

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Physics
29 April, 2021

CERN approves new LHC experiment

SND@LHC, or Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC, will be the facility’s ninth experiment

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Experiments
27 April, 2021
Experiments
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27 April, 2021

ATLAS searches for pairs of Higgs bosons in a rare particle decay

The ATLAS search achieves the world’s best constraints on the size of the Higgs boson’s self-coupling, creating a portal of better understanding into the fundamental Higgs mechanism

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Physics
30 March, 2021

CERN approves two new experiments to transport antimatter

The experiments are compact enough to be transported in a small truck or van

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Physics
26 March, 2021