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Fifty years ago, two physicists independently proposed the existence of the subatomic particles known as quarks
Nobel prize laureate Kostya Novoselov of the University of Manchester will talk about graphene today at 4.30pm CET. Watch the webcast
The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory
As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy
CERN, along with Peter Higgs and François Englert, today receives the Prince of Asturias Award during a ceremony in Spain
Watch the webcast today at 11am CET of new results from the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment situated in Japan
Wherever you are in the global particle physics community, you too can feel a sense of pride in the achievement of a Nobel for Higgs and Englert
Cameras were rolling in CERN's building 40 when members of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations heard the news from Stockholm live yesterday
