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Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

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25 January, 2013

Antimatter experiments present progress

At CERN today, the experiments at the Antiproton Decelerator presented updates on their work in 2012, and their hopes for 2013

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15 January, 2013
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15 January, 2013

Video: Colliding particles episode 11 - Higgs

This episode of the Colliding Particles series looks back at the July Higgs search update

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19 December, 2012

A bouquet of options: Higgs factory ideas bloom

Proposals to build colliders that churn out the new Higgs-like particle are gathering momentum. But what would these colliders look like?

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21 November, 2012

ESO celebrates its 50th anniversary

The European Southern Observatory, founded on 5 October 1962, has close links with CERN

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05 October, 2012
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05 October, 2012

Higgs boson detected at London Paralympics

The particle was the star of Enlightenment - a science-themed ceremony featuring Stephen Hawking and Ian McKellen

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30 August, 2012

CERN experiments to present latest on quark-gluon plasma

Heavy-ion experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will present their latest results at the Quark Matter 2012 conference

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13 August, 2012

Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago

Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays

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07 August, 2012
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07 August, 2012

Higgs within reach

Our understanding of the universe is about to change…

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04 July, 2012
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04 July, 2012

Collaboration to build new antiproton decelerator

The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) will further slow antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator, to make them easier to trap

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28 June, 2012