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The ATLAS Collaboration has reported the observation of light-by-light scattering with a significance beyond eight standard deviations
Intel’s new Myriad 2 chip underwent tests at CERN’s SPS
The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of a new LHC heavy-ion run
The LHC had the unique opportunity of colliding xenon nuclei over several hours
The LHC is operating for several hours with the nuclei of xenon atoms
Published in Nature Physics ALICE reports proton collisions sometimes present similar patterns to those observed in the collisions of heavy nuclei
Three decades since the first ultra-relativistic collisions were produced at CERN, the field of heavy-ion physics is still a hot topic
The LHCf experiment begins its annual run to study cosmic rays
For the third time ever the LHC today began colliding beams of protons with lead ions to probe the early universe from which matter emerged
This week’s heavy-ion run at the LHC breaks a symbolic barrier, says CERN accelerator physicist John Jowett
The Large Hadron Collider today collided protons at lower energies than usual to pave the way for studying lead-ion collisions