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Black hole aligns with Sun and CERN telescope
On 18 December 2016 the Sun aligned with the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, allowing CAST to search for any exotic particles it might emit
Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN
At its 183 session, CERN Council voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Slovenia to Associate Membership in the pre-stage to Membership of CERN.
AWAKE: Making waves in accelerator technology
The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design
ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data
ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV
2016: an exceptional year for the LHC
Particles have circulated in the LHC one last time in 2016 before the winter stop of the accelerators for maintenance
What do data analysts do all day?
The third installment of the In Practice series examines what fuels experimental physicists to work together and analyse mountains of data
A new ring to slow down antimatter
The commissioning of ELENA, a new antiproton deceleration ring, has begun
Meet TIM, the LHC tunnel’s robot
The Train Inspection Monorail (TIM) is equipped with a camera and several measurement sensors to monitor the LHC tunnel in real-time
NA64 hunts the mysterious dark photon
NA64 is a new experiment at CERN searching for a particle called the dark photon, which might act as a bridge to the universe’s invisible, dark sector
What ingredients make the best physicists?
In part 2 of our In Practice series, CERN’s experimental physicists explain what personalities and qualities make the best physicists