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CERN levels up with new superconducting karts 🏎️ Following on from the robotic mice, CERN engineers have now developed a super-charged kart to enable workers to race through the Large Hadron Collider (#LHC) underground tunnel during the upcoming major works, starting this summer. The karts promise a power boost to activities during this period, known as Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), which will see the LHC transformed into the #HiLumiLHC. These vehicles will replace the bicycles that were used until now to travel through the 27-km underground tunnel, enabling engineers and technicians to speed to areas where improvements to the accelerator are required. Find out more about the new superconducting karts: https://lnkd.in/eeZXGmSK 

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The questions that matter: #Antimatter edition On 24 March, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment at CERN successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site. Swipe to discover answers to some of your frequently asked questions about antimatter. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e6Bi3kvY 

Earlier this week, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment #AtCERN succeeded in transporting antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site.  Christian Smorra explains how the BASE-STEP portable antiproton trap captures and stores antiprotons. Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/dv4CRvDN 

CMS strengthens the case for toponium A new independent measurement by the CMS Collaboration at the #LHC is consistent with the existence of the most massive composite particle ever observed, the momentary union of a top quark and its antiquark. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dMBM4v8J

CERN to host Europe’s flagship open access publishing platform In an important step for #OpenScience, CERN has been selected to host a new phase of Open Research Europe (ORE), an initiative supported by the European Commission and a new funding consortium of European national funding agencies and research organisations. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e77hgCUu

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Antimatter on the move 🚛 Today, in a world first, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment #AtCERN succeeded in transporting antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site.  The team managed to accumulate a cloud of 92 antiprotons in an innovative portable cryogenic Penning trap, then disconnect it from the experimental facility, load it onto a truck and continue experiment operation after transport. This is a remarkable achievement, the first step towards delivering #antimatter to other European laboratories. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/d6x_JipG 

BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter The experiment successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons across CERN’s main site, a remarkable first step towards delivering antimatter to other European laboratories. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/d6x_JipG