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AMS detector given a new lease of life

With its new cooling system in place, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer continues its quest to understand the origin of cosmic rays.

Representation of the 3D structure of the main SARS-CoV-2 protease, obtained using Diamond Light Source. The coils represent “alpha” helices and the flatter arrows are “beta sheets”, with loops connecting them together. The organisation of alpha helices and beta sheets is often referred to as the secondary structure of the protein (with the primary sequence being the amino acid sequence and the tertiary structure being the overall 3D shape of the protein). Credit: D Owen/Diamond Light Source.

Synchrotrons on the coronavirus frontline

Researchers at Diamond Light Source and other synchrotron facilities are using intense X-rays to decipher the biochemical and structural makeup of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for the development of drugs an...

Scoping out the Einstein Telescope

Activities are gathering pace at two sites in Europe where the Einstein Telescope, a proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatory, may be built.

LHC at 10: the physics legacy

The LHC’s physics programme has transformed our understanding of elementary particles, writes Michelangelo Mangano.

A labour of love

Ten years on from the LHC's first high-energy collisions, Mark Rayner interviews some of the foremost detector experts on what it took to keep the experiments fighting fit.

Bang, beam, bump, boson

Bringing the LHC to life and steering it beyond its design performance has been a rollercoaster journey for those at the helm, describes Mike Lamont.

3D models of bar magnets with tactile bumps

Engaging with the invisible

The outreach project Tactile Collider is changing the way particle physicists engage with visually impaired people, writes founder Rob Appleby.

A voyage to the heart of the neutrino

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment has begun its seven-year-long programme to determine the absolute value of the neutrino mass.

Who ordered all of that?

Explaining the bizarre pattern of fermion types and masses has led theorists to suggest that the “flavour scale” could be at a much lower energy than previously thought.

Particle physics inspires all

Some 75,000 members of the public took part in the CERN Open Days on 14 and 15 September.

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