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LHCb experiment

New result from LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics

23 Mar 2021

UK particle physicists have today announced ‘intriguing’ results that potentially cannot be explained by the current laws of nature.

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The Large Hadron Collider/ATLAS at CERN

Opinion: Large Hadron Collider sees tantalising hints of a new particle that could revolutionise physics

17 Dec 2015

Harry Cliff (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses the potential discovery of a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider and its implications for particle...

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3D dipole integration panoramic poster

Large Hadron Collider restarts after two years

07 Apr 2015

After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful...

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Large Hadron Collider

Firing up the proton smasher

16 Feb 2015

The Large Hadron Collider is being brought back to life, ready for Run II of the “world’s greatest physics experiment”. Cambridge physicists are...

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for theory behind Higgs boson

08 Oct 2013

Today’s announcement celebrates the men who triggered the hunt for the Higgs particle, finally discovered last year with help from the ATLAS project...

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Orion Nebula / M42

How to explore the whole universe: watch COSMO 2013 live

04 Sep 2013

Watch speakers such as Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox this evening as the public symposium of the 17th International Conference on Particle Physics...

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Large Hadron ‘insider’

14 Jun 2013

In a recent talk for TEDx, theoretical physicist Professor Ben Allanach explored the research he undertook during the two years he spent working on...

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Primary interaction

Supersymmetry squeezed as LHC spots ultra rare particle decay

13 Nov 2012

Cambridge scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, have spotted one of the rarest particle decays ever seen in nature.

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Simulated production of a Higgs event in ATLAS

Particle consistent with Higgs Boson found

04 Jul 2012

Andy Parker, Professor of High Energy Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, sheds light on today’s announcement and ‘what next’.

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Superconductor breakthrough could power new advances

09 Jul 2010

The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and...

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Best ever snapshot of Black Hole's jets

That's funny

02 Jun 2010

Paul Murdin from the Institute of Astronomy put a human face to the names behind some of the greatest discoveries to have taken place in our efforts...

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LHC

The Large Hadron Collider: entering uncharted territory

01 Jan 2009

The world's most expensive scientific instrument will be ready for full experiments in 2009; Andy Parker describes Cambridge's role in constructing...

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