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An update on the maintenance work that’s been carried out on the LHC, the experiments and the machines during the year-end technical stop
In the third feature article of the In Theory series the theoreticians discuss what made them choose their field
In the second feature of our In Theory series we explore what it takes to make someone a theoretical physicist
This week the first of the 16 cells of SESAME’s storage ring was installed in the shielding tunnel in the centre’s experimental hall in Allan, Jordan
A photo essay introducing the Theory department at CERN and some of its theoreticians
Congratulations to LIGO and Virgo for the first ever direct detection of gravitational waves
CERN Researchers at ISOLDE facility show the supposedly doubly-magic nucleus Calcium-52 has an unexpectedly large charge radius
ALPHA shows the most accurate measurement yet of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms in a new Nature paper
Professor Carlo Rubbia, former CERN Director-General, awarded highest scientific prize for foreign individuals by the People’s Republic of China
From retrieving data tapes to handling material safely, the robots at CERN fulfill numerous tasks
CERN test magnet reaches a record-breaking goal of 16.2 tesla field, paving way for future accelerator designs
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