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CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass

The eagerly awaited result is the most precise measurement of the W mass made at the LHC so far, and is in line with the prediction from the Standard Model of particle physics

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Physics
17 September, 2024
Physics
Press release
17 September, 2024

How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?

Using AI, machine learning and automation, the Efficient Particle Accelerator (EPA) project aims to boost the efficiency of CERN's accelerators for the high luminosity era and beyond

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Accelerators
11 September, 2024
Accelerators
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11 September, 2024

ATLAS probes Higgs interaction with the heaviest quarks

With its updated analysis methods, the ATLAS collaboration has significantly improved the precision of its measurements of Higgs boson interactions.

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Physics
04 September, 2024

CERN70: Into the antiworld

Walter Oelert led the team of researchers who produced the world’s first atoms of antihydrogen in 1995

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Physics
03 September, 2024
Physics
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03 September, 2024

CERN welcomes Estonia as its 24th Member State

Estonia becomes the first Baltic country to join CERN as a full Member State

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At CERN
30 August, 2024
At CERN
Press release
30 August, 2024

Students pitch innovative ideas to tackle healthcare issues using particle accelerators in 10-day challenge

Global healthcare issues – from prosthesis pain to severe burns – were targeted by four student teams in the I.FAST project’s third challenge-based initiative

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Knowledge sharing
20 August, 2024
Knowledge sharing
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20 August, 2024

CERN70: Where the Web was born…

Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal in 1989 for an information management system called the World Wide Web

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Computing
20 August, 2024
Computing
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20 August, 2024

Re-engineering radiotherapy

The Smart Technologies to Extend Lives with Linear Accelerators (STELLA) project aims to turn technology developed for particle physics into a novel radiotherapy system suited to the challenging environments of low- and middle-income countries

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Knowledge sharing
14 August, 2024
Knowledge sharing
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14 August, 2024

Cosmic count exceeds expectation

The AMS detector on board the International Space Station has found more cosmic rays made of deuterons than expected

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Physics
13 August, 2024
Physics
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13 August, 2024

ALICE does the double-slit

Using collisions between lead nuclei at the LHC, the ALICE collaboration has measured an interference pattern akin to that of the famous double-slit experiment

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Physics
12 August, 2024
Physics
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12 August, 2024