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Crystal Clear was founded in 1991 to provide crystal detectors for particle physics – it has since had a wider impact on society
The “ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event” provided early career researchers with an insight into career opportunities outside academia
After a gruelling two-day workshop, the winning prototype from the CMS Create #2 competition has been chosen
At the CKM workshop in Mumbai, India, LHCb presented four interesting new results
The third installment of the In Practice series examines what fuels experimental physicists to work together and analyse mountains of data
NA64 is a new experiment at CERN searching for a particle called the dark photon, which might act as a bridge to the universe’s invisible, dark sector
In part 2 of our In Practice series, CERN’s experimental physicists explain what personalities and qualities make the best physicists
The LHCf experiment begins its annual run to study cosmic rays
Discover how experimental physicists build their incredible experiments and massive collaborations
The second issue of “On Track”, the AIDA-2020 EU project newsletter, is now available online.
The ICARUS detector will be soon inserted into its own cryostat and shipped to Chicago
Measurements of the production rates of atmospheric aerosol particles by CERN’s CLOUD experiment put global climate projections on more solid ground