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India to become Associate Member State of CERN

Today, the representatives of CERN and of the Government of India signed an Agreement admitting India to CERN as an Associate Member. The Government of India still needs to notify CERN of its final approval for the Agreement to enter into force.

Press release
At CERN
21 November, 2016
At CERN
Press release
21 November, 2016

Smallest LHC experiment has cosmic outing

The LHCf experiment begins its annual run to study cosmic rays

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Experiments
17 November, 2016
Experiments
News
17 November, 2016

Linac 4 reached its energy goal

After having accelerated a beam up to the design energy of 160 MeV, Linac 4 is now entering a new phase of its commissioning

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Accelerators
14 November, 2016
Accelerators
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14 November, 2016

Are physicists architects of science?

Discover how experimental physicists build their incredible experiments and massive collaborations

Feature
Experiments
14 November, 2016
Experiments
Feature
14 November, 2016

Lead ion and proton: Close encounters of the third kind

For the third time ever the LHC today began colliding beams of protons with lead ions to probe the early universe from which matter emerged

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Physics
10 November, 2016

CERN at the beginning of everything

A new exhibition, which hopes to answer, at least in part, questions that have bothered humans for centuries, has recently opened in Vienna

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At CERN
07 November, 2016
At CERN
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07 November, 2016

TEDxCERN creates ‘ripples of curiosity’

CERN hosts its fourth TEDxCERN – “Ripples of Curiosity” – to explore how ideas in science, technology and education are converging and creating waves

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At CERN
04 November, 2016
At CERN
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04 November, 2016

ASACUSA improves measurement of antiproton mass

The ASACUSA experiment at CERN reported new precision measurement of the mass of the antiproton relative to that of the electron

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Physics
03 November, 2016

LHC smashes targets for 2016 run

The target for the LHC integrated luminosity for 2016 was 25 inverse femtobarns. We reached 40.

Opinion
Accelerators
01 November, 2016
Accelerators
Opinion
01 November, 2016

CLOUD experiment sharpens climate predictions

Measurements of the production rates of atmospheric aerosol particles by CERN’s CLOUD experiment put global climate projections on more solid ground

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Experiments
27 October, 2016
Experiments
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27 October, 2016