CERN Updates
The Standard Model stands its ground
— The LHCb collaboration presented a new measurement of a rare particle decay, providing another strong confirmation of the Standard Model
Naturally I'm a scientist
— CERN’s female scientists share their stories for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Quark Matter 2017: understanding the early universe
— The LHC experiment collaborations presented their latest results at the Quark Matter conference on how matter behaved in the universe's first moments
New source of asymmetry between matter and antimatter
— CERN’s LHCb experiment has found evidence of a symmetry violation that could contribute to solve the mystery of the missing antimatter
2017: What can we expect?
— CERN’s Director General, Fabiola Gianotti, discusses the opportunities for physics research in the coming year
How can high energy physics help the water shortage?
— CERN is now part of a research project to develop a system for optimised irrigation, based on technologies developed for high energy physics
TEDxCERN “Ripples of Curiosity” videos are now online
— Videos from the 4th annual TEDxCERN event “Ripples of Curiosity” are online and available for viewing
BASE precisely measures antiproton’s magnetic moment
— CERN experiment reports sixfold improved measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton
India becomes Associate Member State of CERN
— Official notification that India has ratified the Association Agreement with CERN today
COLLIDE International Award now open for entries
— Arts at CERN and FACT announce their international call for artists to enter submissions for the COLLIDE International Award
First beam for SESAME light source
— The only light-source laboratory in the Middle East celebrates its first beam, a milestone towards running experiments later this year
Happy 2017 from CERN
— As 2017 begins, CERN looks forward to a year full of promise
CERN reminisces on a brilliant 2016
— 2016 has been a year of great highlights for CERN and its experiments, this video looks back on the headlines
The BASE antiprotons celebrate their first birthday
— BASE has kept a shot of antiprotons trapped for more than one year: it is the longest-lived, coldest, known baryonic antimatter object in the Universe
In Practice: What is the future for experimental physics?
— The final installment of In Practice looks at what lies ahead for experimentalists and their field
ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time
— In a Nature paper, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter
Black hole aligns with Sun and CERN telescope
— On 18 December 2016 the sun aligned with the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, allowing CAST to search for any exotic particles it might emit
Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN
— Following the notification of the completion of its internal approval procedures, Slovenia will join Cyprus and Serbia as an Associate Member State
AWAKE: Making waves in accelerator technology
— The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design
ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data
— ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV
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