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Filipino and Indian students win CERN Beamline for Schools competition 2018

The Beamline for Schools contest is open to high-school students from around the world who want to experience the life of a scientist

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At CERN
20 June, 2018
At CERN
Press release
20 June, 2018

Exploring future medical accelerators for cancer treatment

This week, worldwide experts are gathering to explore future medical accelerators for treating cancer

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Knowledge sharing
20 June, 2018
Knowledge sharing
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20 June, 2018

Major work starts to boost the luminosity of the LHC

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially entering a new stage. Today, a ground-breaking ceremony at CERN celebrates the start of the civil-engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC): a new milestone in CERN’s history.

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Accelerators
15 June, 2018
Accelerators
Press release
15 June, 2018

Dive into the subatomic world at Art Basel

HALO, an artwork conceived during the artists’ residency at CERN and inspired by ATLAS data will be exhibited from 13 to 17 June at Art Basel.

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Knowledge sharing
13 June, 2018
Knowledge sharing
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13 June, 2018

Big data and social media

American Internet pioneer Vint Cerf presented “Big data and social media” at CERN

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Computing
12 June, 2018
Computing
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12 June, 2018

Neutron stars cast light on quark matter

The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter

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Physics
07 June, 2018

Higgs boson comes out on top

New results from CMS and ATLAS experiments reveal how strongly the Higgs boson interacts with the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark

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Physics
04 June, 2018
Physics
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04 June, 2018

FRESCA2: a record field for an extraordinary magnet

The FRESCA2 magnet, which will serve as a test station for the superconductors of the future, has set a new record of 14.6 teslas

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Engineering
01 June, 2018

World’s first crabbing of a proton beam

CERN successfully tests crab cavities, a key component of the High-Luminosity LHC

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Engineering
29 May, 2018
Engineering
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29 May, 2018

From CERN to the clinic

At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms

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Knowledge sharing
29 May, 2018
Knowledge sharing
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29 May, 2018