Tag: General public
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CMS finds unexpected excess of top quarks
Data from the CMS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider reveals an intriguing excess of top-quark pairs, hinting at the first observation of a composite particle with unique properties
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AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution
The AEgIS collaboration, led by a team from the Technical University of Munich, has repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of imaging antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution
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CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider
Released today, a report of a study investigating the project’s feasibility will serve as input for the European Strategy for Particle Physics and be assessed by the CERN Council in the coming months
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Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected
Surprising results from the NA61/SHINE collaboration at CERN show that this so-called isospin asymmetry could point to gaps in physicists’ understanding of how quarks and gluons combine
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A new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle
The LHCb experiment at CERN has revealed a fundamental asymmetry in the behaviour of particles called baryons
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CERN announces winner of third Collide Copenhagen residency
Martyna Marciniak wins the third edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency organised by Arts at CERN in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary
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Particles are back in the accelerators
The four accelerators that feed into the Large Hadron Collider have all been restarted, while the LHC itself will receive its first particles in April
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A silver coin for CERN
The Swiss Federal Mint issues a limited-edition silver coin in honour of CERN
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Arts at CERN collaborates with Tabakalera and DIPC on the exhibition “Quantum Visions”
The exhibition, held in San Sebastián, Spain, invites eleven artists, including former CERN artists-in-residence, to explore the quantum realm
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CERN invites photographers to explore the colliders of the future
On 27 May 2025, twenty photographers will be given an exclusive opportunity to explore the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.