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TED-Ed: Emptying the vacuum

An animation made with TED-ED to explore empty space and why it is important for experiments at CERN

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Knowledge sharing
12 September, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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12 September, 2017

Constructive interference: CERN and gravitational waves

CERN scientists welcomed the LIGO/Virgo gravitational waves community to look for synergies for future technologies

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Physics
04 September, 2017

European XFEL: World’s most powerful X-ray source starts up

The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser in Germany, inaugurated today, showcases the impact of particle accelerators outside physics

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Accelerators
01 September, 2017
Accelerators
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01 September, 2017

Webcast: Gravitational waves give new window to cosmos

David Reitze, Director of LIGO, will speak at CERN on how the observation of gravitational waves changes our understanding of the universe

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Physics
29 August, 2017

Construction of the protoDUNE detectors begins

With the arrival of key detector components at CERN, the construction of protoDUNE’s single-phase module can now get started

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Experiments
28 August, 2017

TED-Ed: The hunt for dark matter

An animation made with TED-Ed to explain what dark matter is and how CERN is looking for it

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Physics
17 August, 2017
Physics
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17 August, 2017

ATLAS observes direct evidence of light-by-light scattering

Physicists from ATLAS at CERN have found first direct evidence of high energy light-by-light scattering

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Experiments
14 August, 2017

Hunting season at the LHC

With the LHC now back smashing protons together at an energy of 13 TeV, what exotic beasts do physicists hope to find?

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Physics
10 August, 2017
Physics
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10 August, 2017

First antiprotons in ELENA

The first antiproton beam has been successfully injected and circulated into ELENA, the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton deceleration ring

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Physics
04 August, 2017
Physics
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04 August, 2017

The ALPHA experiment explores the secrets of antimatter

The ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator reports the first observation of the hyperfine structure of antihydrogen

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Physics
03 August, 2017