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Fifty years of quarks

Fifty years ago, two physicists independently proposed the existence of the subatomic particles known as quarks

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17 January, 2014
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17 January, 2014

Webcast: Materials in the Flatland

Nobel prize laureate Kostya Novoselov of the University of Manchester will talk about graphene today at 4.30pm CET. Watch the webcast

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12 December, 2013
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12 December, 2013

CERN theorist Slava Rychkov wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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Physics
13 November, 2013

CERN theorist wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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Physics
13 November, 2013

Hans Blix on thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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12 November, 2013

Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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Physics
12 November, 2013

CERN receives the Prince of Asturias Award

CERN, along with Peter Higgs and François Englert, today receives the Prince of Asturias Award during a ceremony in Spain

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25 October, 2013
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25 October, 2013

New results from T2K

Watch the webcast today at 11am CET of new results from the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment situated in Japan

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22 October, 2013
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22 October, 2013

A Nobel prize for particle physics

Wherever you are in the global particle physics community, you too can feel a sense of pride in the achievement of a Nobel for Higgs and Englert

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14 October, 2013
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14 October, 2013

Watch CERN physicists react to Nobel announcement

Cameras were rolling in CERN's building 40 when members of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations heard the news from Stockholm live yesterday

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Physics
09 October, 2013