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How strange is the proton?
ATLAS measurements show proton has more strange quarks than previously thought
EYETS report: painstaking work on the detectors
On the experiments’ side, the extended year-end technical stop is a precious opportunity to carry out repairs and maintenance works on their detectors
The Standard Model stands its ground
The LHCb collaboration has presented a new measurement of a rare particle decay, providing another strong confirmation of the Standard Model
Quark Matter 2017: understanding the early universe
The LHC experiment collaborations presented their latest results at the Quark Matter conference on how matter behaved in the universe's first moments
New source of asymmetry between matter and antimatter
CERN’s LHCb experiment has found evidence of a symmetry violation that could contribute to solve the mystery of the missing antimatter
ALPHA team celebrate antimatter light spectrum result
The ALPHA collaboration celebrate this week after twenty years of work resulted in them seeing, for the first time, antimatter's light spectrum
ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first time
In a Nature paper, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter
Black hole aligns with Sun and CERN telescope
On 18 December 2016 the Sun aligned with the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, allowing CAST to search for any exotic particles it might emit
ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data
ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV
Crystal Clear celebrates 25 years
Crystal Clear was founded in 1991 to provide crystal detectors for particle physics – it has since had a wider impact on society