CERN Courier
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High-energy physics magazine - reporting worldwide since 1959.
For physicists, engineers, computer scientists, policymakers and industry.
#CERNCourier
For physicists, engineers, computer scientists, policymakers and industry.
#CERNCourier
The Circular Electron–Positron Collider (CEPC), a 100-km electron–positron “Higgs factory” proposed in China, has reached the technical-design stage but will not be included for approval or construction in the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030).
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October 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Circular Electron–Positron Collider (CEPC), a 100-km electron–positron “Higgs factory” proposed in China, has reached the technical-design stage but will not be included for approval or construction in the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030).
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With the story of quarkonia entering its final chapter, John Ellis shares personal recollections of five decades of discoveries and debates about the simplest composite object in QCD, whose history is inextricable from the development of particle physics.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
With the story of quarkonia entering its final chapter, John Ellis shares personal recollections of five decades of discoveries and debates about the simplest composite object in QCD, whose history is inextricable from the development of particle physics.
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As the LHC surpasses one exabyte of stored data–the largest scientific data set ever accumulated-Cristinel Diaconu and Ulrich Schwickerath call for new collaborations to join a global effort in data preservation, so future generations can unearth the hidden treasures.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
As the LHC surpasses one exabyte of stored data–the largest scientific data set ever accumulated-Cristinel Diaconu and Ulrich Schwickerath call for new collaborations to join a global effort in data preservation, so future generations can unearth the hidden treasures.
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A century after its inception, quantum mechanics remains empirically flawless yet conceptually unresolved. Carlo Rovelli outlines four leading interpretations: physical collapse, hidden variables, many worlds, and relational quantum mechanics.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A century after its inception, quantum mechanics remains empirically flawless yet conceptually unresolved. Carlo Rovelli outlines four leading interpretations: physical collapse, hidden variables, many worlds, and relational quantum mechanics.
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Many-worlds quantum mechanics is often dismissed as extravagant. David Wallace argues that it is the natural consequence of taking Schrödinger’s wavefunction as fundamental.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Many-worlds quantum mechanics is often dismissed as extravagant. David Wallace argues that it is the natural consequence of taking Schrödinger’s wavefunction as fundamental.
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Quantum sensors have become essential in low-energy physics. CERN's Michael Doser explores how their precision could be extended to high-energy experiments.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Quantum sensors have become essential in low-energy physics. CERN's Michael Doser explores how their precision could be extended to high-energy experiments.
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Extreme environments and complex quantum dynamics
pose serious challenges for classical computation. Quantum simulators may offer a promising path forward.
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pose serious challenges for classical computation. Quantum simulators may offer a promising path forward.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Extreme environments and complex quantum dynamics
pose serious challenges for classical computation. Quantum simulators may offer a promising path forward.
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pose serious challenges for classical computation. Quantum simulators may offer a promising path forward.
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One hundred years ago today, Werner Heisenberg wrote to Wolfgang Pauli of radical ideas about quantum mechanics. As this special anniversary edition of #CERNCourier shows, a century has not sufficed to fully understand or apply the theory.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
One hundred years ago today, Werner Heisenberg wrote to Wolfgang Pauli of radical ideas about quantum mechanics. As this special anniversary edition of #CERNCourier shows, a century has not sufficed to fully understand or apply the theory.
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The May/June CERN Courier explores two developments in accelerator physics: energy-efficient powering and AI automation
Plus:
Neutrino astrophysicists at the exascale
Beate Heinemann on DESY’s future
DESI suggests dark energy may be evolving
Community inputs to the ESPP
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Plus:
Neutrino astrophysicists at the exascale
Beate Heinemann on DESY’s future
DESI suggests dark energy may be evolving
Community inputs to the ESPP
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May 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The May/June CERN Courier explores two developments in accelerator physics: energy-efficient powering and AI automation
Plus:
Neutrino astrophysicists at the exascale
Beate Heinemann on DESY’s future
DESI suggests dark energy may be evolving
Community inputs to the ESPP
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Plus:
Neutrino astrophysicists at the exascale
Beate Heinemann on DESY’s future
DESI suggests dark energy may be evolving
Community inputs to the ESPP
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New quadrupole magnets for the High-Luminosity LHC will use Nb3Sn conductors for the first time in an accelerator
Progress is speeding up at #CERN
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Progress is speeding up at #CERN
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April 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New quadrupole magnets for the High-Luminosity LHC will use Nb3Sn conductors for the first time in an accelerator
Progress is speeding up at #CERN
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Progress is speeding up at #CERN
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While searching for additional Higgs bosons, the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social may have instead uncovered evidence for the smallest composite particle yet observed in nature – a “quasi-bound” hadron commonly called toponium.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
While searching for additional Higgs bosons, the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social may have instead uncovered evidence for the smallest composite particle yet observed in nature – a “quasi-bound” hadron commonly called toponium.
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The latest edition of CERN Courier explores two of the most fascinating anomalies in fundamental science: the Hubble tension and muon g-2. Both are the subject of fast moving developments, and both could hint at new particles and interactions.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The latest edition of CERN Courier explores two of the most fascinating anomalies in fundamental science: the Hubble tension and muon g-2. Both are the subject of fast moving developments, and both could hint at new particles and interactions.
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The CLOUD collaboration at CERN has revealed a new source of atmospheric aerosol particles that could help scientists refine climate models
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February 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The CLOUD collaboration at CERN has revealed a new source of atmospheric aerosol particles that could help scientists refine climate models
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The @ALICEexperiment has seen the first ever evidence for antihyperhelium-4 — if confirmed, this will be the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet seen at the LHC
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February 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The @ALICEexperiment has seen the first ever evidence for antihyperhelium-4 — if confirmed, this will be the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet seen at the LHC
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A new @CMSExperiment analysis explores an often overlooked, difficult corner of SUSY manifestations: compressed sparticle mass spectra
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February 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A new @CMSExperiment analysis explores an often overlooked, difficult corner of SUSY manifestations: compressed sparticle mass spectra
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Trial trap on a truck: CERN'S BASE-STEP experiment has taken the first step in testing the world's most compact antimatter trap
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February 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Trial trap on a truck: CERN'S BASE-STEP experiment has taken the first step in testing the world's most compact antimatter trap
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CERN Courier’s #Astrowatch correspondent, Merlin Kole, highlights the diverse instruments aboard China’s permanently crewed space station, Tiangong
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February 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
CERN Courier’s #Astrowatch correspondent, Merlin Kole, highlights the diverse instruments aboard China’s permanently crewed space station, Tiangong
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A word with CERN’s next Director-General
Mark Thomson sat down with the Courier to talk about the future of particle physics
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Mark Thomson sat down with the Courier to talk about the future of particle physics
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February 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A word with CERN’s next Director-General
Mark Thomson sat down with the Courier to talk about the future of particle physics
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Mark Thomson sat down with the Courier to talk about the future of particle physics
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Claire Malone argues that science communicators should not stray too far into public-relations territory
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Read her viewpoint here:
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February 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Claire Malone argues that science communicators should not stray too far into public-relations territory
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Read her viewpoint here:
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“Hackathons are crucial platforms for developing skills, growing networks and kick-starting careers – especially for early-career researchers,” says Jiannan Zhang, CEO and founder of DoraHacks
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January 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Hackathons are crucial platforms for developing skills, growing networks and kick-starting careers – especially for early-career researchers,” says Jiannan Zhang, CEO and founder of DoraHacks
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From fundamental physics to sparking entrepreneurship: seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further fundamental exploration and #innovation in space technologies
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January 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From fundamental physics to sparking entrepreneurship: seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further fundamental exploration and #innovation in space technologies
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Few can claim to have glimpsed two fundamental aspects of our reality
Sheldon Glashow recalls the events surrounding a remarkable decade of model building and discovery between 1964 and 1974
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Sheldon Glashow recalls the events surrounding a remarkable decade of model building and discovery between 1964 and 1974
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January 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Few can claim to have glimpsed two fundamental aspects of our reality
Sheldon Glashow recalls the events surrounding a remarkable decade of model building and discovery between 1964 and 1974
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Sheldon Glashow recalls the events surrounding a remarkable decade of model building and discovery between 1964 and 1974
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Space tech. AI unfolding. CERN’s next DG. The hunt for gluon saturation. And much more...
The latest edition of CERN Courier is now live.
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The latest edition of CERN Courier is now live.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Space tech. AI unfolding. CERN’s next DG. The hunt for gluon saturation. And much more...
The latest edition of CERN Courier is now live.
cerncourier.com/p/magazine/
The latest edition of CERN Courier is now live.
cerncourier.com/p/magazine/