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ATLAS and CMS release results of the most…

The independent studies show that the particle’s properties are remarkably consistent with those of the Higgs boson predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, described in two papers published in Nature on July 4, 2022. It's exactly…

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LHC Run 3: physics at record energy starts…

After three years of upgrade and maintenance work, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator Large Hadron Collider (LHC) starts for experiments, and a new period of data taking begins on Tuesday, 5 July 2022. Beams…

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Cosmic manatee accelerates particles from head

ESA’s XMM-Newton has X-rayed this beautiful cosmic creature, known as the Manatee Nebula, pinning down the location of unusual particle acceleration in its ‘head’. The Manatee Nebula, or W50, is thought to be a large…