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AMS’s second new life

After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the ISS is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays

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Experiments
02 April, 2024
Experiments
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02 April, 2024

CERN to change name for 70th Anniversary

The Organization’s new name, Network of Experiments for Research and Development in Society, encapsulates the true nature of the Laboratory in 2024

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At CERN
01 April, 2024
At CERN
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01 April, 2024

Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both

Beam commissioning is progressing well across the entire accelerator complex, but challenges have arisen, in particular in Linac4, highlighting the complexities involved

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Accelerators
28 March, 2024

Spring at CERN, your photos

Thank you for sending in your beautiful spring photos, see them all here alongside the winning photo of our competition

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At CERN
27 March, 2024
At CERN
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27 March, 2024

World Wide Web at 35

From Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal in March 1989 to today, the World Wide Web’s impact on society has been profound

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Computing
27 March, 2024
Computing
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27 March, 2024

CERN and STFC support environmentally sustainable physics

CERN and the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) sign a new agreement to support the development of more sustainable particle accelerators

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Knowledge sharing
27 March, 2024
Knowledge sharing
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27 March, 2024

The delicate balance of lepton flavours

New ATLAS measurement of lepton flavour universality, a key feature of the Standard Model, in decays of the W boson is more precise than all previous measurements combined

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Physics
26 March, 2024
Physics
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26 March, 2024

Computer Security: Day of the open firewall

With ongoing vulnerability scans of CERN’s internet presence, the Computer Security team’s plans to perform penetration testing against selected targets visible to the internet

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Computing
25 March, 2024
Computing
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25 March, 2024

First observation of photons-to-taus in proton–proton collisions by CMS

Using the outstanding tracking capabilities of the CMS detector, the collaboration observed two photons producing two tau-leptons in proton–proton collisions

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Physics
25 March, 2024

Brazil becomes Associate Member State of CERN

Brazil has become the first Associate Member State of CERN in the Americas

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At CERN
22 March, 2024