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François Englert talks Higgs bosons and supersymmetry

On his first trip to CERN since sharing the Nobel prize in physics last year with Peter Higgs, François Englert talks Higgs bosons and supersymmetry

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10 March, 2014

A Nobel laureate's formula for the universe

Watch François Englert explain the equations for the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism that gives particles mass, with the help of a blackboard

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26 February, 2014

Antimatter experiment produces first beam of antihydrogen

The ASACUSA experiment at CERN has succeeded for the first time in producing a beam of antihydrogen atoms

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21 January, 2014

Fifty years of quarks

Fifty years ago, two physicists independently proposed the existence of the subatomic particles known as quarks

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17 January, 2014
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17 January, 2014

Webcast: Materials in the Flatland

Nobel prize laureate Kostya Novoselov of the University of Manchester will talk about graphene today at 4.30pm CET. Watch the webcast

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12 December, 2013
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12 December, 2013

CERN theorist Slava Rychkov wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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13 November, 2013

CERN theorist wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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13 November, 2013

Hans Blix on thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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12 November, 2013

Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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12 November, 2013

CERN receives the Prince of Asturias Award

CERN, along with Peter Higgs and François Englert, today receives the Prince of Asturias Award during a ceremony in Spain

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25 October, 2013
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25 October, 2013