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Virtual visits give CMS collaborators in Seoul chance to introduce students to particle physics
A look back at the milestone papers CMS has published since its beginning
CMS high-luminosity LHC upgrade requires new silicon sensors, to better distinguish between particles from multiple collisions
A well-attended jubilee event, held at CERN on 21 March, celebrated 25 years of the ALICE collaboration
The NA62 experiment has observed a candidate event for an ultra-rare charged kaon decay
Five out of 1000 plus PhD students were rewarded for having the best theses on ATLAS physics
In 1968, Georges Charpak invented the Nobel prize-winning multiwire proportional chamber pushing particle physics detection into the electronic era
The LHC shows its teeth each time protons misbehave
In a paper published today in the European Physical Journal C, the ATLAS Collaboration reports the first high-precision measurement of W boson mass
Precision results from the TOTEM experiment provide further explanation on proton-proton interactions at high energies
Located at ALICE’s experiment site, the exhibition is now open for guided tours
A key component for the ProtoDUNE neutrino experiment arrived this week at CERN from the UK
