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07/13/20

More than 3000 scientists gather online for Neutrino 2020

A dash of virtual reality helps replicate the serendipitous interactions of an in-person conference when participants are scattered across the globe.

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The freckled universe

05/06/25

Madeleine O’Keefe

There’s a new class of cosmic object in town. And it might just overturn our understanding of black holes and galaxy evolution.

04/30/13

Free from the start

Since CERN released the World Wide Web without royalties 20 years ago, the technology has flourished.

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04/23/13

Plasma acceleration

Like surfers on huge ocean waves, electrons can ride waves of plasma to very high energies.

04/19/13

Q&A with Fabiola Gianotti, Higgs hunter

Symmetry sits down with Fabiola Gianotti, who recently finished an eventful four years as spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.

04/11/13

Shall I compare thee to a spinning pulsar?

A scientist uses a technique from astronomy to investigate whether William Shakespeare really wrote all of those sonnets.

04/09/13

Arturo Gomez: Life among the telescopes

Arturo Gomez has spent more than 40 years working with visiting astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

04/05/13

CERN offers UN advice on bringing women into science

In CERN’s first opportunity to engage directly with a UN organization since it gained observer status, grad students suggested ways to improve the situation of women in science.

Photo of the bubble chamber exhibit proved a mesmerizing respite from some of the more crowded exhibits

03/29/13

Cosmic open house draws curious crowd

Kids of all ages flocked to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to learn about the universe and have fun doing it.

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03/27/13

Astronomers give Dark Energy Camera rave reviews

Even before the Dark Energy Survey begins, the Dark Energy Camera is exceeding expectations in the astrophysics community.

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