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ATLAS gets under the hood of the Higgs mechanism

The detection of longitudinally polarised W boson production at the Large Hadron Collider is an important step towards understanding how the primordial electroweak symmetry broke, giving rise to the masses of elementary particles

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Physics
10 April, 2025

CERN signs a joint Statement of Intent with Canada

The Statement of Intent between CERN and Canada concerns future planning for large research infrastructure facilities, and novel and advanced techniques and tools

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At CERN
09 April, 2025

CERN announces artist selected for the Resonance residency

Marion Tampon-Lajarriette has been awarded the inaugural residency of Resonance, a programme run by Arts at CERN in partnership with the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the City of Geneva

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At CERN
08 April, 2025

The LHC experiment collaborations at CERN receive Breakthrough Prize

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb collaborations during a ceremony held in Los Angeles on 5 April

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Knowledge sharing
07 April, 2025
Knowledge sharing
Press release
07 April, 2025

CMS finds unexpected excess of top quarks

Data from the CMS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider reveals an intriguing excess of top-quark pairs, hinting at the first observation of a composite particle with unique properties

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Physics
03 April, 2025

AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution

The AEgIS collaboration, led by a team from the Technical University of Munich, has repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of imaging antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution

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Experiments
02 April, 2025

CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

Released today, a report of a study investigating the project’s feasibility will serve as input for the European Strategy for Particle Physics and be assessed by the CERN Council in the coming months

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Accelerators
31 March, 2025

Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected

Surprising results from the NA61/SHINE collaboration at CERN show that this so-called isospin asymmetry could point to gaps in physicists’ understanding of how quarks and gluons combine

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Physics
28 March, 2025

A new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle

The LHCb experiment at CERN has revealed a fundamental asymmetry in the behaviour of particles called baryons

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Physics
25 March, 2025
Physics
Press release
25 March, 2025

CERN announces winner of third Collide Copenhagen residency

Martyna Marciniak wins the third edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency organised by Arts at CERN in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary

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At CERN
18 March, 2025