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We are now being taken into the complex realm of higher-order calculations, with an explosion of activity in recent months
The crab cavities, a key component for the HL-LHC luminosity increase, show remarkable first test results
A first glimpse at the winter conferences of what the LHC’s extraordinary performance in 2016 means for physics
What is the effect of gravity on antimatter? A new experiment at CERN is preparing to join the quest to find the answer to this question in physics
The GBAR experiment will create antihydrogen ions at rest to study the action of gravity upon antimatter
CERN’s Director General, Fabiola Gianotti, discusses the opportunities for physics research in the coming year
CERN experiment reports sixfold improved measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton
In the brand-new extension of the North Area (EHN1), two large prototype detectors destined for the study of neutrinos are being built
2016 has been a year of great highlights for CERN and its experiments, this video looks back on the headlines
BASE has kept a shot of antiprotons trapped for more than one year: it is the longest-lived, coldest, known baryonic antimatter object in the Universe
