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New Team Updates

The CMS team have been searching for exotic long-lived particles.

Adding a new algorithm to their system for their latest run has increased the results gained from less data.

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The Beam Team (the Accelerator and Beam Physics group) are responsible for studying and understanding the different beams (proton, electron, ion etc.) for all of CERN’s accelerators, including the LHC.

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The ISOLDE (Isotope mass Separator On-Line facility) team have shared a recent paper from other members of the collaboration reports how the development of nuclear clocks is ticking on…

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At CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), scientists are uncovering what the universe is made of, and how it all works.

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