Tag: CERN

  • Nation & World

    An evangelist of physics

    Australian physicist demystifies the experimental side of the field and recalls forgotten pioneers.

    4 minutes
    Suzie Sheehy.
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    They ponder the universe

    A Harvard research summer at CERN in Switzerland can lead to hard work, sightseeing, and, for some, a lifetime in physics.

    16 minutes
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    Back into the dark

    Harvard physicists look toward new frontiers as they anticipate the restart of the Large Hadron Collider and their ATLAS experiment in spring 2015.

    11 minutes
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    Six decades of science as diplomacy

    This month, the Harvard Physics Department and swissnex Boston, a cultural and technological exchange effort by the Swiss consulate, are sponsoring a photo exhibit that focuses on the people of CERN — laughing, napping, and thinking — and the sometimes ordinary-looking places where they unearth the extraordinary.

    3 minutes
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    ‘Physics was paradise’

    Interview with Professor Melissa Franklin as part of the Experience series.

    23 minutes
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    Working toward the Higgs

    François Englert, winner of the Nobel Prize for his work on the Higgs boson, will deliver the David M. Lee Historical Lecture in Physics on April 17 at 8 p.m.

    3 minutes
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    Sharper view of matter

    In a breakthrough that could one day yield important clues about the nature of matter itself, a team of Harvard scientists has measured the magnetic charge of single particles of matter and antimatter with unprecedented precision.

    4 minutes
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    Helping hunt for the Higgs

    For decades, it has been the holy grail of particle physics, an elusive subatomic particle that offered the tantalizing possibility of explaining how much of the universe works. Billions of dollars have been spent in the search for it. Thousands of researchers — including dozens from Harvard — have conducted trillions of experiments as part…

    6 minutes