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Bringing physics training to Africa

The African School of Physics was held in Ghana this summer, where lecturers from CERN shared their expertise with 50 motivated students

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At CERN
21 August, 2012
At CERN
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21 August, 2012

CERN experiments to present latest on quark-gluon plasma

Heavy-ion experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will present their latest results at the Quark Matter 2012 conference

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Physics
13 August, 2012

Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago

Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays

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Physics
07 August, 2012
Physics
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07 August, 2012

Over one million followers reached in CERN TweetUp

Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space

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At CERN
03 August, 2012

LHC update: 3 August 2012

Good performance followed recovery from extended luminosity calibration runs

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Accelerators
03 August, 2012
Accelerators
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03 August, 2012

Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS

On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS

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Knowledge sharing
02 August, 2012
Knowledge sharing
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02 August, 2012

Endeavour astronauts mark 100 years of cosmic-ray research

The space-shuttle crew laid a European Physical Society plaque at high-altitude research centre <em>Les Cosmiques</em> near <em>Mont Blanc</em>

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At CERN
24 July, 2012

Endeavour astronauts to visit CERN

The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year &ndash; on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre

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At CERN
23 July, 2012
At CERN
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23 July, 2012

Google Science Fair winner Shree Bose visits CERN

As part of her prize package, last year's winner Shree Bose won a trip to CERN, which coincided with announcement of a new, Higgs-like particle

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At CERN
19 July, 2012

Could LEIR serve biomedicine?

At a recent brainstorming meeting at CERN, over 200 scientists discussed the possibility of modifying LEIR to serve the biomedical community

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Accelerators
18 July, 2012
Accelerators
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18 July, 2012