Tag: General public
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CERN and Ars Electronica launch open call for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN
Geneva/Linz, 3 June 2013. CERN1 and Ars Electronica2 today launch an open call for artists working in the digital domain to apply for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN3. The winner will receive a fully funded residency at CERN and Ars Electronica to create new dimensions in their artistic practice by encounters with
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First observations of short-lived pear-shaped atomic nuclei
Geneva, 8 May 2013. An international team at the ISOLDE radioactive-beam facility at CERN1 has shown that some atomic nuclei can assume asymmetric, “pear” shapes. The observations contradict some existing nuclear theories and will require others to be amended. The results are published in the journal Nature on 8 May 2013. Most nuclei have the
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Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson
On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force
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Video: Colliding particles episode 11 – Higgs
This episode of the Colliding Particles series looks back at the July Higgs search update
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CERN is granted the status of observer to the United Nations General Assembly
Geneva, 14 December 2012. The United Nations General Assembly in New York today adopted a resolution granting CERN1 observer status. This status gives the Organization the right to participate in the work of the General Assembly and to attend its sessions as an observer. “It’s a great honour for CERN to accede to the status
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Chamonix: Looking forward to 2012
The experiments’ desiderata for the year included either discovery or exclusion of the Higgs boson
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ICHEP 2010 conference highlights first results from the LHC
Geneva, 26 July 2010. First results from the LHC at CERN1 are being revealed at ICHEP, the world’s largest international conference on particle physics, which has attracted more than 1000 participants to its venue in Paris. The spokespersons of the four major experiments at the LHC – ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb – are today
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LHC ends 2009 run on a high note
Geneva, 18 December 2009. At its 153rd session today, the CERN1 Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last weekend have set a new world record and brought to a close a successful first run for the