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

Computer Security: Too open even for academia?

We should make sure that we keep a healthy balance of publishing to the max, while keeping the confidential stuff only for those people who have a legitimate need to access it

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Computing
28 January, 2021

LS2 Report: Getting ready for the future of physics in the East Area

Upgraded beam lines will support existing and new collaborations in an environmentally savvy manner in one of CERN’s oldest facilities

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Accelerators
26 January, 2021
Accelerators
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26 January, 2021

BASE opens up new possibilities in the search for cold dark matter

The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN’s Antimatter Factory has set new limits on how easily axion-like particles could turn into photons

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Physics
26 January, 2021

Looking back on 50 years of hadron colliders

This week marks the 50th anniversary of collisions in CERN’s Intersecting Storage Rings, the first hadron collider ever built

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Accelerators
26 January, 2021
Accelerators
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26 January, 2021

CERN and ATTRACT featured at Falling Walls 2020

The Falling Walls 2020 conference hosted a debate entitled “Does CERN need another supercollider?” and gave a prize to the ATTRACT project

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Knowledge sharing
25 January, 2021
Knowledge sharing
News
25 January, 2021

The rise of the radiation protection robots

Meet Mario Di Castro, leader of the Mechatronics, Robotics and Operations section, in the last of our Knowledge Transfer spotlight series

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Knowledge sharing
25 January, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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25 January, 2021

Xcitement down under: Australia gets first X-band facility

Half of a CERN high-gradient test facility embarks on a new life at the University of Melbourne

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Accelerators
15 January, 2021
Accelerators
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15 January, 2021
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