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The LHC prepares for the future

Studies on beam adjustment and new components are being conducted in preparation for future LHC runs

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Accelerators
14 September, 2018
Accelerators
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14 September, 2018

The incredible lightness of the Higgs

ATLAS searches for vector-like top quarks that could explain the Higgs boson’s small mass

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Physics
11 September, 2018
Physics
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11 September, 2018

The Large Hadron Collider: 10 years and counting

Ten years ago, protons circulated CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time, marking the end of years of design and construction

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Accelerators
10 September, 2018
Accelerators
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10 September, 2018

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
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05 September, 2018

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
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31 August, 2018

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

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

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
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24 August, 2018

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