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KWISP detector searches for dark energy from the Sun

First results are in for the KWISP detector’s hunt for hypothetical dark-energy particles from the Sun

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Physics
03 July, 2019

A summer of festivals for CERN

This summer CERN scientists will be showcasing particle physics at festivals across Europe

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Knowledge sharing
28 June, 2019
Knowledge sharing
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28 June, 2019

Four decades of gluons

How a walk through CERN’s corridors helped lead to the discovery of the gluon forty years ago at the DESY laboratory

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Physics
18 June, 2019
Physics
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18 June, 2019

ATLAS homes in on magnetic monopoles

The ATLAS collaboration has placed some of the tightest limits yet on the production rate of hypothetical particles known as magnetic monopoles

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Physics
14 June, 2019
Physics
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14 June, 2019

The proton, a century on

A century after physicist Ernest Rutherford published work proving the existence of the proton, much remains to be learnt about this ubiquitous particle

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Physics
12 June, 2019
Physics
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12 June, 2019

CERN Alumni: Two years of creating links

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At CERN
12 June, 2019

CERN pays tribute to Murray Gell-Mann

The Nobel laureate, who coined the name “quarks”, passed away on 24 May

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At CERN
27 May, 2019
At CERN
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27 May, 2019

Lock the Planck: the kilogram has a new definition

From today, all SI base units will be defined based on natural constants, with the kilogram the last to join the ranks

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Engineering
20 May, 2019

LS2 Report: consolidating the energy extraction systems of LHC superconducting magnet circuits

The energy extraction systems absorb the energy of the LHC magnets in case of a quench. Their consolidation is conducted in collaboration with two Russian institutes

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Engineering
13 May, 2019