Read article 'CMS probes non-standard Higgs decays to ττ'
CMS probes non-standard Higgs decays to ττ
Observing the Higgs via its decays into pairs of fermions further tests the predictions of the Standard Model.
Read article 'CMS probes non-standard Higgs decays to ττ'
Read article 'Funding injection for SNOLAB'
Funding injection for SNOLAB
The SNOLAB laboratory in Ontario, Canada, has received a grant of $28.6m to help secure its next three years of operations. The facility is one of 17 research facilities to receive support through Can...
Read article 'GSI ions target irregular heartbeat'
GSI ions target irregular heartbeat
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, have demonstrated the feasibility of using carbon ions to treat cardiac arrhythmia, in which abnormal electrical p...
Read article 'WIMP no-show in gamma-ray background'
WIMP no-show in gamma-ray background
A possible additional contribution from WIMP annihilation could not be identified, using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
Read article 'India to become associate Member State'
India to become associate Member State
India has been a partner of CERN for more than 50 years.
Read article 'Slovenia to become associate Member State in pre-stage to membership'
Slovenia to become associate Member State in pre-stage to membership
Slovenian physicists have participated in the LHC’s ATLAS experiment for the past 20 years, focusing on silicon tracking, protection devices and computing at the Slovenian Tier-2 data centre.
Read article 'Antihydrogen atoms show their colour'
Antihydrogen atoms show their colour
The ALPHA collaboration has reported the first ever measurement of the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom.
Read article 'AWAKE makes waves'
AWAKE makes waves
In early December, the AWAKE collaboration made an important step towards a pioneering accelerator technology that would reduce the size and cost of particle accelerators. Having commissioned the faci...
Read article 'Quark–gluon plasma insights'
Quark–gluon plasma insights
Powerful supercomputer simulations of colliding atomic nuclei have provided new insights about quark–gluon plasma (QGP), a superhot fluid of de-confined partons produced in heavy-ion collisions at t...
Read article 'Proton–lead run tops record year of LHC operations'
Proton–lead run tops record year of LHC operations
On 26 October, the LHC completed its 2016 proton–proton operations at a collision energy of 13 TeV, during which it exceeded the design value of the luminosity and broke many other records (CERN C...
