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LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have joined forces to establish the first evidence of the rare decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon

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Physics
26 May, 2023

Lebanon inaugurates the computer servers donated by CERN

The computing equipment, which will shore up scientific capacities in Lebanon, was inaugurated in the presence of the country’s Prime Minister and a CERN/CMS delegation

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Computing
25 May, 2023

ISOLDE takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock

The observation at CERN’s nuclear physics facility of a long-sought decay of the thorium-229 nucleus in a solid-state system is a key step towards a clock that could outclass today’s most precise atomic clocks

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Physics
24 May, 2023

Accelerator Report: Full house in the LHC

On 11 May, four days before the original schedule had set a target of 1200 bunches per beam, the LHC made its final intensity ramp-up step to 2400 bunches per beam

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Accelerators
24 May, 2023
Accelerators
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24 May, 2023

Fireball at HiRadMat

CERN’s HiRadMat facility restarts this week with a new experiment nicknamed “Fireball”, which will give new insights into extreme astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts

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Experiments
24 May, 2023
Experiments
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24 May, 2023

Collaboration with CERN – an asset for scientific communities in the Middle East

Across the Middle East and North Africa region, CERN has set up scientific collaborations to promote access to education and innovation

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Knowledge sharing
24 May, 2023
Knowledge sharing
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24 May, 2023

Computer security: A bank à la CERN

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Computing
23 May, 2023
Computing
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23 May, 2023

Eleven successful years and counting for the Be a Scientist project

For 684 budding scientists from schools in the local area, the 11th edition of the Be a scientist project wrapped up on Thursday, 11 May 2023.

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At CERN
23 May, 2023

Celebrating 50 years of the CERN relay race – and details of this year’s event!

As this year’s edition of the legendary race approaches, the time has come to look back on 50 years of exuberance, silly costumes, beer drinking and the occasional bit of running

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At CERN
10 May, 2023