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LHCb discovers a new type of tetraquark at CERN

The LHCb collaboration has observed an exotic particle made up of four charm quarks for the first time

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01 July, 2020

NA64 explores gap in searches for axions and axion-like particles

The NA64 collaboration has conducted its first search for axions and axion-like particles, targeting an unexplored area

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22 June, 2020

Particle physicists update strategy for the future of the field in Europe

The CERN Council today announced that it has updated the strategy that will guide the future of particle physics in Europe

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19 June, 2020

Particle physicists update strategy for the future of the field in Europe

The CERN Council announced that it had unanimously updated the strategy intended to guide the future of particle physics in Europe within the global landscape

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19 June, 2020
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19 June, 2020

Search for new physics through multiboson production

At the LHCP conference this year, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented new results relating to a physics process called vector boson scattering

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11 June, 2020

Live from the accelerators on 8 June

Follow the journey taken by particles through CERN’s accelerators during a live event on Facebook and YouTube

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05 June, 2020
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05 June, 2020

Exploring new ways to see the Higgs boson

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations presented their latest results on new signatures for detecting the Higgs boson at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

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04 June, 2020

Neutron stars show their cores

A combination of theoretical calculations and information from astronomical observations indicates that massive neutron stars can contain cores filled with free quarks

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02 June, 2020
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02 June, 2020

Cosmic rays throw up surprises, again

Cosmic-ray data collected by the AMS detector on the International Space Station again challenge conventional theory of cosmic-ray origin and propagation

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29 May, 2020
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29 May, 2020

CERN collaborations present new results on particles with charm quarks

The ALICE, CMS and LHCb collaborations present new measurements that show how particles containing charm quarks can serve as “messengers” of hadrons and the quark–gluon plasma, carrying information about these forms of matter

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29 May, 2020