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European XFEL: World’s most powerful X-ray source starts up
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser in Germany, inaugurated today, showcases the impact of particle accelerators outside physics
Webcast: Gravitational waves give new window to cosmos
David Reitze, Director of LIGO, will speak at CERN on how the observation of gravitational waves changes our understanding of the universe
Construction of the protoDUNE detectors begins
With the arrival of key detector components at CERN, the construction of protoDUNE’s single-phase module can now get started
TED-Ed: The hunt for dark matter
An animation made with TED-Ed to explain what dark matter is and how CERN is looking for it
ATLAS observes direct evidence of light-by-light scattering
Physicists from ATLAS at CERN have found first direct evidence of high energy light-by-light scattering
Hunting season at the LHC
With the LHC now back smashing protons together at an energy of 13 TeV, what exotic beasts do physicists hope to find?
First antiprotons in ELENA
The first antiproton beam has been successfully injected and circulated into ELENA, the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton deceleration ring
The ALPHA experiment explores the secrets of antimatter
The ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator reports the first observation of the hyperfine structure of antihydrogen
CERN know-how helps weigh the proton
Exploiting CERN’s know-how in trapping single particles, a team in Heidelberg has found that the proton is lighter than we thought
ICARUS lands at Fermilab
The neutrino detector’s road-trip comes to an end as it nestles into its new home near Chicago