Tag: General public
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CMS on the lookout for new physics
The CMS experiment awaits LHC Run 3 to explore several analyses showing small disagreements with theory expectations
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CERN Council declares its intention to terminate cooperation agreements with Russia and Belarus at their expiration dates in 2024
CERN Council statement At its 208th meeting yesterday, the CERN Council reiterated its denunciation of the continuing illegal military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation with the involvement of the Republic of Belarus, which has resulted in a widespread humanitarian crisis and significant loss of life. CERN was established in the aftermath of World
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Harnessing a supercomputer for ATLAS
The Vega supercomputer in Slovenia is the most recent HPC centre to process ATLAS experimental data
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Arts at CERN celebrates its 10th anniversary
The celebrations kick off with the launch of a podcast series that brings artists and scientists into conversation
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CLOUD discovers new way by which aerosols rapidly form and grow at high altitude
The resultant particles quickly spread around the globe, potentially influencing Earth’s climate on an intercontinental scale
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ALICE makes first direct observation of a fundamental effect in particle physics
The observation provides direct experimental access to the mass of an elementary particle known as the charm quark
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CMS tries out the seesaw
The collaboration has put the seesaw model of neutrino mass to a new test
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Large Hadron Collider restarts
Beams of protons are again circulating around the collider’s 27-kilometre ring, marking the end of a multiple-year hiatus for upgrade work
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CMS measures the mass of the top quark with unparalleled accuracy
Precise knowledge of the top-quark mass is of paramount importance to understand our world at the smallest scale
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Brazil to become an Associate Member State of CERN
On 3 March 2022, CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and Brazilian Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Marcos Pontes signed an agreement admitting Brazil as an Associate Member State of CERN