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ALICE sees new sign of primordial plasma in proton collisions

The ALICE Collaboration takes a step further in addressing the question of whether a quark–gluon plasma can be formed in proton–proton and proton–nucleus collisions

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Physics
20 March, 2026

ATLAS sets strong limits on supersymmetry

Using machine-learning techniques, the ATLAS Collaboration has searched deep for signs of particles that could help answer some of the greatest mysteries of physics

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Physics
19 March, 2026

LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle

Composed of two charm quarks and one down quark, the doubly charmed particle is four times heavier than a proton

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Physics
17 March, 2026

NA62 Collaboration refines measurement of rare particle decay

Study of the one-in-ten-billion kaon decay allows researchers to stress-test the Standard Model of particle physics

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Physics
04 March, 2026

Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions

The CMS Collaboration demonstrates that machine learning can outperform traditional methods in the full reconstruction of particle collisions at the LHC

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Physics
18 February, 2026

What can you do with 380 million Higgs bosons?

The latest edition of the CERN Courier magazine explores what the High-Luminosity LHC will be able to say about the distant past and future of the Universe

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Physics
16 January, 2026

ALICE solves mystery of light-nuclei survival

Observations of the formation of light nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter

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Physics
10 December, 2025

Deciphering the heavyweights of the tetraquark world

The CMS collaboration reports the first measurement of the quantum properties of a family of tetraquarks that was recently discovered at the LHC

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Physics
03 December, 2025

First observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons

This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the CMS experiment, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature

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Physics
03 November, 2025

Ion recycling to illuminate the heaviest elements

A sophisticated electrostatic trap at CERN’s ISOLDE facility could help researchers probe the chemical reactivity of the rarest and least understood elements

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Physics
03 November, 2025