Tag: General public
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Robert Aymar (1936 – 2024)
CERN Director-General from 2004 to 2008, he mobilised the teams to finish building the LHC and commission the machine
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ALICE probes the strong interaction three-body problem
With new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations, the ALICE collaboration explores the strong interaction of three-body systems at the LHC.
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NA62 experiment at CERN observes ultra-rare particle decay
In the Standard Model of particle physics, the odds of this decay occurring are less than one in 10 billion
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LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet
The results open up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics
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CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass
The eagerly awaited result is the most precise measurement of the W mass made at the LHC so far, and is in line with the prediction from the Standard Model of particle physics
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How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?
Using AI, machine learning and automation, the Efficient Particle Accelerator (EPA) project aims to boost the efficiency of CERN’s accelerators for the high luminosity era and beyond
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ATLAS probes Higgs interaction with the heaviest quarks
With its updated analysis methods, the ATLAS collaboration has significantly improved the precision of its measurements of Higgs boson interactions
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CERN welcomes Estonia as its 24th Member State
Estonia becomes the first Baltic country to join CERN as a full Member State
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Students pitch innovative ideas to tackle healthcare issues using particle accelerators in 10-day challenge
Global healthcare issues – from prosthesis pain to severe burns – were targeted by four student teams in the I.FAST project’s third challenge-based initiative
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Re-engineering radiotherapy
The Smart Technologies to Extend Lives with Linear Accelerators (STELLA) project aims to turn technology developed for particle physics into a novel radiotherapy system suited to the challenging environments of low- and middle-income countries