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The Standard Model stands its ground

The LHCb collaboration has presented a new measurement of a rare particle decay, providing another strong confirmation of the Standard Model

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14 February, 2017
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14 February, 2017

Quark Matter 2017: understanding the early universe

The LHC experiment collaborations presented their latest results at the Quark Matter conference on how matter behaved in the universe's first moments

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10 February, 2017
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10 February, 2017

New source of asymmetry between matter and antimatter

CERN’s LHCb experiment has found evidence of a symmetry violation that could contribute to solve the mystery of the missing antimatter

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30 January, 2017
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30 January, 2017

ALPHA team celebrate antimatter light spectrum result

The ALPHA collaboration celebrate this week after twenty years of work resulted in them seeing, for the first time, antimatter's light spectrum

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20 December, 2016
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20 December, 2016

ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time

In a Nature paper, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter

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19 December, 2016
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19 December, 2016

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

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19 December, 2016
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19 December, 2016

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

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13 December, 2016
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13 December, 2016

Crystal Clear celebrates 25 years

Crystal Clear was founded in 1991 to provide crystal detectors for particle physics – it has since had a wider impact on society

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12 December, 2016
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12 December, 2016

The 4th ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event

The “ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event” provided early career researchers with an insight into career opportunities outside academia

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09 December, 2016
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09 December, 2016

CMS Create #2: Big ideas to boost CMS exhibition

After a gruelling two-day workshop, the winning prototype from the CMS Create #2 competition has been chosen

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08 December, 2016
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08 December, 2016