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It doesn’t seem like collisions of particles with no mass should be able to produce the “mass-giving” boson, the Higgs. But every other second at the LHC, they do.

From Al Chile… Poblano!, April 10, 2018: Scientist Arturo Fernández Téllez of the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla in Mexico received his postdoctoral training at Fermilab. He founded one of a high-energy physics group at the institution, contributing to its high-ranking position in Mexico.

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From SLAC, April 3, 2018: The accomplished particle physicist will prepare the lab for its role in DUNE, a next-generation experiment designed to demystify neutrinos and their fundamental role in the universe.

From Welt, March 28, 2018: One of the top German newspapers writes about DUNE.

After a week of appreciation for each of the four particle contenders, the photon emerged as the winner in the Subatomic Smackdown.

Symmetry goes inside the CERN Control Center on restart day.

From the BBC, March 30, 2018: Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer talks with the BBC about DUNE, the value of neutrino research, the Large Hadron Collider, and the construction of a Higgs factory.

The LHC is one of the coldest places on the planet.

From Giornale di Sicilia, March 19, 2018: The Italian media outlet picks up a CERN-produced video of Nicola McConkey, a University of Sheffield postdoctoral researcher and violinist, playing a reel inside a ProtoDUNE detector at CERN.