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Dr. Enrico Fermi was the leader of the group of scientists who succeeded in initiating the first man-made nuclear chain reaction.

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What Would Enrico Fermi Think Of Science Today?

12:15pm December 05, 2017

by David N. Schwartz

More than 60 years after the physicist won the Nobel Prize, author David N. Schwartz considers how Fermi would react to today's science of black holes, genetic engineering and climate change.

At CERN, Hunting For Invisible Worlds

1:23pm August 16, 2017

by Marcelo Gleiser

With so many dedicated to solving nature's riddles at CERN, it's hard not to think of it as a modern cathedral, a link between reason and mystery, a place of pilgrimage, says blogger Marcelo Gleiser.

At CERN, In Search Of Nature's Building Blocks

9:24am August 09, 2017

by Marcelo Gleiser

In a world so divided by cultural and economic warfare, what happens at the European laboratory for particle physics stands out as a celebration of the best we have to offer, says Marcelo Gleiser.

This stone marten knocked out power to the $7 billion Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator in November 2016 when it touched a 18,000-volt transformer.

World's Most Destructive Stone Marten Goes On Display In The Netherlands

6:19pm February 01, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The carcass of a marten that shut down the $7 billion Large Hadron Collider last year is the most recent addition to a Dutch exhibit of animals that have had notable interactions with humans.

Jeffery Hangst's ALPHA research at CERN, which is Europe's premier particle physics laboratory and is located near Geneva, is devoted to studying antimatter.

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Scientists Blast Antimatter Atoms With A Laser For The First Time

6:24pm December 19, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

By comparing the light from anti-atoms with the light from regular atoms, they hope to answer one of the big mysteries of our universe: Why is there so much regular old matter and not much antimatter?

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The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project.

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Brexit's Impact Stretches From Deep Space To Nuclear Fusion

1:37pm June 29, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

Scientists are worried about how Britain's departure from the European Union would hurt the continent's mega-projects and its researchers. Scientific collaboration "should know no borders," says one.

The Large Hadron Collider uses superconducting magnets to smash sub-atomic particles together at enormous energies.

Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider

6:30pm April 29, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is offline, following a run-in with a small mammal that munched on a power cord.

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