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CERN70: The discovery of the Higgs boson, a giant leap for science

Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, was spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider from 2009 to 2013 and responsible for announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, alongside the CMS spokesperson

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Physics
31 October, 2024

CMS uses photons to probe the structure of nuclei

Using data from the first heavy-ion run of LHC Run 3 in 2023, the experiment presents the first-ever measurement of D0 meson production in photon-lead collisions

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Physics
25 October, 2024

Karel Šafařík (1953–2024)

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Physics
17 October, 2024
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17 October, 2024

Decoding top quarks with precision

The ATLAS experiment at the LHC reveals how pairs of top quarks are produced along with other heavy quarks

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Physics
16 October, 2024
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16 October, 2024

Particle physicists chart a course to the future

The aim of the third update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics is to develop a visionary and concrete plan that greatly advances human knowledge in fundamental physics through the realisation of the next flagship project at CERN

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Physics
11 October, 2024
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11 October, 2024

ALICE probes the strong interaction three-body problem

With new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations, the ALICE collaboration explores the strong interaction of three-body systems at the LHC.

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Physics
25 September, 2024

NA62 experiment at CERN observes ultra-rare particle decay

In the Standard Model of particle physics, the odds of this decay occurring are less than one in 10 billion

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Physics
25 September, 2024
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25 September, 2024

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet

The results open up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics

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Physics
18 September, 2024
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18 September, 2024

CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass

The eagerly awaited result is the most precise measurement of the W mass made at the LHC so far, and is in line with the prediction from the Standard Model of particle physics

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Physics
17 September, 2024
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17 September, 2024

ATLAS probes Higgs interaction with the heaviest quarks

With its updated analysis methods, the ATLAS collaboration has significantly improved the precision of its measurements of Higgs boson interactions

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Physics
09 September, 2024