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First beam for SESAME light source

The only light-source laboratory in the Middle East celebrates its first beam, a milestone towards running experiments later this year

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Accelerators
13 January, 2017
Accelerators
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13 January, 2017

Happy 2017 from CERN

As 2017 begins, CERN looks forward to a year full of promise

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At CERN
05 January, 2017
At CERN
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05 January, 2017

CERN reminisces on a brilliant 2016

2016 has been a year of great highlights for CERN and its experiments, this video looks back on the headlines

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Physics
21 December, 2016
Physics
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21 December, 2016

The BASE antiprotons celebrate their first birthday

BASE has kept a shot of antiprotons trapped for more than one year: it is the longest-lived, coldest, known baryonic antimatter object in the Universe

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Physics
20 December, 2016

What is the future for experimental physics?

The final installment of In Practice looks at what lies ahead for experimentalists and their field

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Accelerators
20 December, 2016
Accelerators
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20 December, 2016

ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time

In a Nature paper, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter

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Experiments
19 December, 2016
Experiments
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19 December, 2016

Black hole aligns with Sun and CERN telescope

On 18 December 2016 the Sun aligned with the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, allowing CAST to search for any exotic particles it might emit

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Experiments
19 December, 2016
Experiments
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19 December, 2016

Slovenia to enter the Associate Member State family of CERN

At its 183 session, CERN Council voted unanimously to admit the Republic of Slovenia to Associate Membership in the pre-stage to Membership of CERN.

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At CERN
16 December, 2016
At CERN
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16 December, 2016

AWAKE: Making waves in accelerator technology

The AWAKE experiment has reached an important milestone in the development of a technique that could revolutionise particle accelerator design

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Accelerators
14 December, 2016
Accelerators
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14 December, 2016

ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data

ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV

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Experiments
13 December, 2016
Experiments
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13 December, 2016