Tag: Scientists
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Muon g-2 Experiment Pioneers Win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Recognition honors experiments and scientific collaborations at three institutions that explored the subtle wobble of a subatomic particle
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European labs get aligned at CERN
Eleven laboratories have all come to CERN to measure a girder, using their state-of-the-art equipment to establish a common definition of alignment uncertainty
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The January/February 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out
Physicists can be allies, wrote Wassily Kandinsky, “who test matter again and again, who tremble before no problem, and who finally cast doubt on that very matter which was yesterday the foundation of everything, so that the whole universe is shaken.” This edition of CERN Courier offers two examples of physics to shake the universe.
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Superconductors, an opportunity for science and society
At the ‘Catalysing impact – Superconductivity for Global Challenges’ event, stakeholders from the fields of research, industry, politics and finance discussed collaboration on superconducting technologies for the benefit of science and society
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The European Strategy for Particle Physics reaches an important milestone
At its 225th session, the CERN Council received the recommendations for the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics
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ALICE solves mystery of light-nuclei survival
Observations of the formation of light nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter
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Deciphering the heavyweights of the tetraquark world
The CMS collaboration reports the first measurement of the quantum properties of a family of tetraquarks that was recently discovered at the LHC
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HIE-ISOLDE: 10 years, 10 highlights
Since its first experiment in 2015, the HIE-ISOLDE accelerator has been pushing back the boundaries of nuclear physics
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Breakthrough in antimatter production
A new cooling technique means that the ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antimatter Factory can produce antihydrogen atoms eight times faster than before
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CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
At a dedicated meeting of the CERN Council on 6-7 November, delegates from CERN’s Member and Associate Member States reviewed the outcome of the Feasibility Study for the proposed Future Circular Collider