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CMS hunts for dark photons coming from the Higgs boson

The CMS collaboration has searched for collision events in which the Higgs boson transforms into a photon and a hypothetical dark photon

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Physics
24 May, 2019

ALICE and LHCb upgrade their data centres

In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, new data-centre modules were installed and commissioned at the ALICE and LHCb sites (points 2 and 8 of the LHC)

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Computing
24 May, 2019

ATLAS surveys new supersymmetry territory

New studies from the ATLAS collaboration search for hypothetical “supersymmetric” particles around uncharted corners

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Physics
23 May, 2019

ATTRACT funding is awarded to 170 breakthrough projects

The EU-funded programme announces the successful proposals in its call for projects. CERN scientists are involved in 19 of the projects selected

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Knowledge sharing
21 May, 2019
Knowledge sharing
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21 May, 2019

Lock the Planck: the kilogram has a new definition

From today, all SI base units will be defined based on natural constants, with the kilogram the last to join the ranks

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Engineering
20 May, 2019

LS2 Report: consolidating the energy extraction systems of LHC superconducting magnet circuits

The energy extraction systems absorb the energy of the LHC magnets in case of a quench. Their consolidation is conducted in collaboration with two Russian institutes

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Engineering
13 May, 2019

CERN's flagship travelling exhibition goes to India

‘Accelerating Science’ exhibition will visit Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata

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Knowledge sharing
08 May, 2019
Knowledge sharing
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08 May, 2019

Donation of CERN computing equipment to Palestine

Donation of servers to An-Najah National University in Palestine marks the fifteenth donation of CERN computing equipment

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Computing
08 May, 2019

Physics champions at CERN

CERN welcomes participants from the International Physicists Tournament

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At CERN
07 May, 2019
At CERN
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07 May, 2019

Computer Security: Browsing securely and privately

Browsing to the wrong webpage is the second major way of getting your laptop, your account and your data compromised

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Computing
06 May, 2019