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Test magnet reaches 13.5 tesla – a new CERN record

The Short Model Coil working group recently built a niobium-tin magnet with a peak magnetic field of 13.5 tesla – a record for CERN

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Engineering
18 November, 2013
Engineering
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18 November, 2013

Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks 'Women in science'

Watch astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell speak about women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) as part of the CERN diversity programme

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At CERN
15 November, 2013

LHC data to be made public via open access initiative

CMS is taking its first steps in making up to half of its data accessible to the public

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Experiments
15 November, 2013
Experiments
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15 November, 2013

Fifty years of high-energy physics in Protvino

Today, the Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Protvino, Russia, celebrates its golden jubilee

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At CERN
15 November, 2013

Can fibre be the future of high-energy physics?

A new laser architecture based on fibres could open the door to applications beyond particle physics

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At CERN
14 November, 2013

CERN theorist Slava Rychkov wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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Physics
13 November, 2013

CERN theorist wins $100,000 New Horizons prize

The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory

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Physics
13 November, 2013

Hans Blix on thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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Physics
12 November, 2013

The Large Hadron Collider on tour

Collider, a new exhibition about the LHC, opens in London this week. It will stay for 6 months before a planned international tour

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Accelerators
12 November, 2013
Accelerators
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12 November, 2013

Hans Blix talks thorium energy and nuclear non-proliferation

As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy

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Physics
12 November, 2013