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  • Test-beam tales: Days 4 and 5

    Test-beam tales: Days 4 and 5

    Saturday, 20 August 8am: Another early start – meeting the two physicists and taxiing them to the beam area to be on shift for the next eight hours.

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  • Test-beam tales: Days 2 and 3

    Test-beam tales: Days 2 and 3

    Thursday, 18 August 9am: We reconvened at the test-beam area.

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  • Test-beam tales: Day 1

    Test-beam tales: Day 1

    Wednesday, 17 August 5am: I drove my wife and kids to Geneva airport.

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  • CMS releases new batch of research data from LHC

    CMS releases new batch of research data from LHC

    Rediscover the Standard Model of particle physics and much more with open data from the Large Hadron Collider Today, the CMS Collaboration at CERN has released more than 300 terabytes (TB) of high-quality open data.

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  • The LHC is back online

    The LHC is back online

    The LHC is back online!

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  • CMS intensifies search for new physics, closes in on H(125) at 13 TeV

    CMS intensifies search for new physics, closes in on H(125) at 13 TeV

    The Rencontres de Moriond – Electroweak (Moriond EW) takes place this week in La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, where the CMS Collaboration will present more than 30 new results approved since the December 15 seminar at CERN.

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  • New CMS spokesperson: “An honour to be chosen to lead a spectacular collection of people”

    New CMS spokesperson: “An honour to be chosen to lead a spectacular collection of people”

    Fermilab’s Joel Butler will take the reins of the CMS collaboration in September, after having been elected as its new spokesperson during the last CMS Week.

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  • “Move over Mr Einstein!” A scientific experiment ignites creativity and dialogue

    “Move over Mr Einstein!” A scientific experiment ignites creativity and dialogue

    (French version below) (Geneva, 26 February 2016) – The inspiration for the latest art exhibition at the Cité du Temps came from a scientific experiment the height of a six-floor building, built to the precision of the thickness of a human hair.

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  • Addressing the Asymmetry Between Questions and Answers

    Addressing the Asymmetry Between Questions and Answers

    There is an annoying asymmetry between questions and answers. Physics torments us with the amount of unanswered questions about the cosmos it leaves us with.

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  • CMS presents new 13TeV results at end-of-year jamboree

    CMS presents new 13TeV results at end-of-year jamboree

    The first phase of collisions following the LHC restart earlier this year has provided CMS with a wealth of data at a new energy frontier of 13 TeV.

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