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The ATLAS Collaboration has analyzed its full Run 1 data sample of seven and eight TeV proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC
ALPHA reports a measurement of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms, finding it to be compatible with zero to eight decimal places
The official story is demonstrably wrong, says CERN theorist Álvaro de Rújula
MINERvA seeks to make precise measurements of neutrino cross-section on light and heavy nuclei
Today CERN inaugurated the ELENA building (393) after less than a year's construction work
Measurements with neutrinos seemed impossible eight decades ago, but by 1974 the Gargamelle team had used them to reveal the quark structure of matter
Watch the webcast of a discussion on thorium energy today at 4.30pm CET
Rolf Heuer on a week that included BICEP2's announcement on gravitational waves, Moriond, joint Tevatron-LHC results and a new director for TRIUMF