Category: Experiments
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Cloudy with a chance of muons
When you want to capture an important moment in your life, you often take a photo. You could write down the key details instead – who you were with, where you were, the time of day – but this information might not be as impactful as a picture of the event. Physicists like to record
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First steel beams for DUNE start to be lowered
In a major milestone for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US, approximately 4500 tonnes of steel beams will soon be moved 1.5 km underground to build the structural elements of two enormous detectors. CERN is playing a key role in DUNE, an international endeavour to explore the mysterious properties of neutrinos. On 7 May,
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Smarter decisions at the speed of physics
Smart and fast decision making is key when dealing with the onslaught of collisions at the LHC. At the High-Luminosity LHC (HiLumi LHC), the ATLAS and CMS experiments are expected to process detector data at rates corresponding to roughly a quarter of the 2025 global internet traffic. All in real time, as part of the
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BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter
The experiment successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons across CERN’s main site, a remarkable first step towards delivering antimatter to other European laboratories
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ATLAS 2025 Thesis Awards spotlight the “soul” of the Collaboration
On 19 February 2026, the ATLAS Collaboration gathered for the 2025 Thesis Awards – an annual celebration of the vital role of PhD students within the experiment
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CMS welcomes new management for 2026–2028
With more than 6000 scientists, engineers, technicians, administrators and students, CMS is one of the world’s largest scientific collaborations. From 1 January 2026 to 31 August 2028, Anadi Canepa has the important role of representing the Collaboration as its Spokesperson. Joining her as deputies are Hafeez Hoorani, who continues in his present role until 31
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Groundbreaking CMS calorimeter for the High-Luminosity LHC
CMS has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built
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ALICE welcomes its new management
From 1 January 2026 onward, Kai Schweda has assumed the role of ALICE spokesperson, alongside Andrea Dainese and Anthony Robert Timmins, new deputy spokespersons of the collaboration
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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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Barbara Latacz awarded 2025 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize
The CERN scientist has been recognised for her work on the development of quantum-limited measurement technologies to determine the antiproton magnetic moment with at least 100-fold improved accuracy