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CERN reminisces on a brilliant 2016

2016 has been a year of great highlights for CERN and its experiments, this video looks back on the headlines

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Physics
21 December, 2016
Physics
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21 December, 2016

At the end of a great year

As the year draws to a close, I’d like to wish you and your families a very well deserved end-of-year break

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At CERN
21 December, 2016
At CERN
Opinion
21 December, 2016

Twenty-five years of service at CERN

Eighteen staff members reached 25 years of service at CERN in 2016

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At CERN
21 December, 2016
At CERN
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21 December, 2016

The BASE antiprotons celebrate their first birthday

BASE has kept a shot of antiprotons trapped for more than one year: it is the longest-lived, coldest, known baryonic antimatter object in the Universe

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Physics
20 December, 2016

Closure of parking Les Muriers | Meyrin site

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At CERN
20 December, 2016
At CERN
Announcement
20 December, 2016

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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Experiments
20 December, 2016
Experiments
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20 December, 2016

What is the future for experimental physics?

The final installment of In Practice looks at what lies ahead for experimentalists and their field

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Accelerators
20 December, 2016
Accelerators
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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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Experiments
19 December, 2016
Experiments
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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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Experiments
19 December, 2016
Experiments
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19 December, 2016

ALPHA experiment observes the light spectrum of antimatter for the first time

The ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This achievement features technological developments that open up a completely new era in high-precision antimatter research.

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At CERN
19 December, 2016
At CERN
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19 December, 2016