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50 years since iconic 'A Model of Leptons' published

Steven Weinberg’s iconic paper, A Model of Leptons, was published in 1967 and determined the direction for high-energy particle physics research

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At CERN
20 November, 2017

Record luminosity: well done LHC

The LHC’s 2017 proton run has ended with record luminosity. The special runs will now take place before the winter shutdown.

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Accelerators
13 November, 2017
Accelerators
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13 November, 2017

Combatting cancer in challenging environments

CERN, the International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC) and STFC are developing medical linear accelerators for low- and middle-income countries

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Knowledge sharing
09 November, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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09 November, 2017

Marie Skłodowska-Curie: more alive today than ever

We meet some of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, on the 150th anniversary of the exceptional scientist’s birth

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At CERN
07 November, 2017

How much does a kilogram weigh?

During a seminar at CERN, Klaus von Klitzing, the 1985 Physics Nobel Laureate, explained how the definition of the kilogram will be revolutionised

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At CERN
02 November, 2017
At CERN
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02 November, 2017

From Earth to space: developing radiation-tolerant systems

CERN develops new technologies that have applications not only in particle physics experiments, but also in the aerospace industry

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Knowledge sharing
01 November, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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01 November, 2017

Happy Dark Matter Day

While 31 October may mean Halloween to some, to laboratories around the world it means Dark Matter Day

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Knowledge sharing
31 October, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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31 October, 2017

LHC reaches 2017 targets ahead of schedule

With 19 days still to go, the LHC has reached its 2017 production target, delivering more than 45 inverse femtobarns to the experiments

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Accelerators
30 October, 2017
Accelerators
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30 October, 2017

Xenon in the SPS: First tests for a photon factory

Partially ionised xenon atoms have been accelerated in the SPS to test a new gamma-ray source concept

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Accelerators
27 October, 2017
Accelerators
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27 October, 2017

From the web to a start-up near you

Twenty years ago, in 1997, CERN set up a reinforced policy and team to support its knowledge- and technology-transfer activities

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Computing
26 October, 2017
Computing
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26 October, 2017