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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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Physics
29 May, 2020

Fresh antimatter study by ALICE will help with search for dark matter

The study of light antinuclei – from creation to annihilation – will bolster future indirect dark matter searches

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Physics
28 May, 2020

Computer Security: Don’t answer me

Last year, the CERN Security Operations Centre detected 27 CERN hosts contacting so-called "tracking domains" used for reconnaissance and associated with national state-sponsored actors

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Computing
28 May, 2020
Computing
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28 May, 2020

ISOLDE scores a first with laser spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules

The result represents an essential step towards using these molecules for fundamental physics research and beyond

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Physics
27 May, 2020

Computer Security: Still on Windows 7? Say “bye bye” to your digital life

Support for Windows 7 ended in January 2020. Apart from for some customers who are paying an extra fee, Microsoft has stopped providing any assistance and security fixes for that version of their operating system

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Computing
26 May, 2020

Superconducting magnets of the future in the making at CERN

The latest CERN Courier details the promises and challenges of the new superconducting magnets being developed for increasing accelerator’s energy and luminosity

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Accelerators
22 May, 2020

The IT department: architects of continuity

Between keeping infrastructure up-to-date and ensuring optimum working conditions, the information technology services have had a lot on their plates

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At CERN
22 May, 2020

CERN against COVID-19 seminar

Members of the CERN against COVID-19 Task Force presented the work of the Task Force in an online seminar on 20 May

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At CERN
22 May, 2020
At CERN
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22 May, 2020

Lucio Rossi receives a prize from the European Physical Society

The High-Luminosity LHC project leader has been awarded the EPS-AG Rolf Widerøe Prize for his major contributions to the field of applied superconductivity for accelerators

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Accelerators
20 May, 2020

CLOUD at CERN reveals a new mechanism behind urban smog

The CLOUD collaboration has revealed a new mechanism that drives winter smog episodes in cities

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Experiments
14 May, 2020