Ana Lopes

Ana began working at CERN in 2018 as a Science Writer for the CERN Communications group.
91 results

LHCb measures tiny mass difference between particles

The result is a milestone in the study of how a particle known as a D0 meson changes from matter into antimatter and back

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Physics
08 June, 2021

FASER catches first candidate collider neutrinos

The result paves the way for studies of high-energy neutrinos at current and future particle colliders

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Physics
02 June, 2021

RADES joins the hunt for dark matter

One of the latest additions to the CAST experiment has set a new limit on the strength of the interaction between photons and hypothetical dark-matter particles called axions

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Physics
25 May, 2021
Physics
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25 May, 2021

AMS, a decade of cosmic discoveries

19 May 2021 marks 10 years since the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was installed on the International Space Station and started sending data back to Earth

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Experiments
19 May, 2021
Experiments
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19 May, 2021

A SciFi moment for the LHCb experiment

The first pieces of LHCb’s new scintillating-fibre particle-tracking detector, or SciFi, have just journeyed 100 metres down to be installed in the experiment’s underground cavern

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Experiments
06 May, 2021
Experiments
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06 May, 2021

NA64 sets bounds on how much new X bosons could change the electron’s magnetism

The result cannot explain an apparent tension with the Standard Model in the electron’s magnetic moment

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Physics
29 April, 2021

CERN approves new LHC experiment

SND@LHC, or Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC, will be the facility’s ninth experiment

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Experiments
27 April, 2021
Experiments
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27 April, 2021

CERN approves two new experiments to transport antimatter

The experiments are compact enough to be transported in a small truck or van

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Physics
26 March, 2021

AMS reveals properties of iron cosmic rays

The properties are unexpectedly different from those of other heavy primary cosmic rays

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Physics
17 March, 2021

Meet AMBER

The next-generation successor of the COMPASS experiment will measure fundamental properties of the proton and its relatives

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Physics
08 March, 2021
Physics
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08 March, 2021

Potassium nucleus loses some of its magic

A new study at ISOLDE finds no signature of a “magic” number of neutrons in potassium-51, challenging the proposed magic nature of nuclei with 32 neutrons

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Physics
29 January, 2021
Physics
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29 January, 2021

A new way to look for gravitational waves

A duo of researchers from CERN and DESY show how data from radio telescopes can be used to search for high-frequency gravitational waves

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Physics
14 January, 2021
Physics
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14 January, 2021