Read article 'Data centre opens'
Data centre opens
CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics inaugurated the CERN Tier-0 data-centre extension in Budapest on 13 June, marking the completion of the facility.
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Read article 'Giant magnet ring makes epic journey'
Giant magnet ring makes epic journey
Muon g-2 is a new experiment to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon – in other words, the difference of the value of its magnetic moment g from the simplest expectation of 2.
Read article 'DESY inaugurates prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array'
DESY inaugurates prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The first prototype telescope for the planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has been inaugurated in Berlin.
Read article 'Galaxy clusters shed new light on dark matter'
Galaxy clusters shed new light on dark matter
What is the actual distribution of dark matter? Does it follow the expectations for cold dark matter (CDM)? “Yes, it does,” according to a team of astronomers that has measured the average...
Read article 'Are some atomic nuclei pear shaped?'
Are some atomic nuclei pear shaped?
Most atomic nuclei that exist naturally are not spherical but have the shape of a rugby ball.
Read article 'ALPHA presents novel investigation of the effect of gravity on antimatter'
ALPHA presents novel investigation of the effect of gravity on antimatter
The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has made the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity. The ALPHA experiment was the first to trap atoms of antihydrogen, held in place with a stro...
Read article 'CMS hunts for low-mass dark matter'
CMS hunts for low-mass dark matter
Astronomical observations – such as the rotation velocities of galaxies and gravitational lensing – show that more than 80% of the matter in the universe remains invisible.
Read article 'CP violation observed in the decays of B0s mesons'
CP violation observed in the decays of B0s mesons
In March 2012, the LHCb collaboration reported an observation of CP violation in charged B-meson decays.
Read article 'First jet measurements with ALICE'
First jet measurements with ALICE
When quarks and gluons (partons) in opposing beams at high-energy hadron colliders meet they can scatter violently to produce correlated showers of particles, or “jets”. In proton–pr...
Read article 'Luminosity-independent measurement of the proton–proton total cross-section at 8 TeV'
Luminosity-independent measurement of the proton–proton total cross-section at 8 TeV
The TOTEM collaboration has published the first luminosity-independent measurement at the LHC of the total proton–proton cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV.
