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The Standard Model, set in stone

A standing stone outside the CERN Control Centre neatly sums up our understanding of the universe

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Physics
11 March, 2013
Physics
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11 March, 2013

New PXI card calibration service

A new service has launched to calibrate PXI cards used to enhance the performance of measurement and automation systems

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At CERN
08 March, 2013
At CERN
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08 March, 2013

Explain it in 60 seconds: spin

Objects as large as a planet or as small as a photon can have the property of spin. Spin is also the reason we can watch movies in 3D.

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Physics
08 March, 2013
Physics
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08 March, 2013

A question of spin for the new boson

Physicists speaking today at the Moriond conference say that the new particle discovered at CERN last year is looking more and more like a Higgs boson

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Physics
06 March, 2013
Physics
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06 March, 2013

Boson updates web-cast live from Moriond

Today's session at the Rencontres de Moriond, on the Standard Model scalar boson, is being web-cast live

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At CERN
06 March, 2013
At CERN
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06 March, 2013

LS1 report: onwards and upwards

The upgrade and maintenance of the LHC (LS1 - first long shutdown) started with the tests of most of the electromagnetic circuits

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Accelerators
05 March, 2013
Accelerators
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05 March, 2013

Ban Ki-moon visits CERN

On 1 March, UN’s Secretary-General visited CERN first since the Organization was granted Observer status at the UN General Assembly last December

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At CERN
04 March, 2013
At CERN
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04 March, 2013

ATLAS: now under new management

On 1 March, the ATLAS Collaboration welcomed a new spokesperson, Dave Charlton, and two new deputy spokespersons, Thorsten Wengler and Beate Heinemann

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Experiments
04 March, 2013
Experiments
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04 March, 2013

Setting the bar high: CERN web launches official toolbar

The CERN toolbar is a branding element for CERN websites, a 'Sign in' button, a link to the directory, and a link back home

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At CERN
28 February, 2013

CERN, life science and the origins of life

In COOL EDGE 2013, biologists, medical doctors and life scientists are looking to CERN as a model for international scientific collaboration

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At CERN
27 February, 2013
At CERN
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27 February, 2013