CERN gears up for second three-year run

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The world's top particle physics lab is being improved and is on track to resume at double its former energy level.

Potential Eureka! moment for physics

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Scientists say that after a half-century quest, they are confident they have found a Higgs boson.

Atom smasher goes on hiatus

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The world's most powerful atom smasher goes into a two-year hibernation, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels.

Researchers tell of ‘God particle’

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Scientists believe the “God particle” might explain the underpinnings of the universe is real.

‘Fraud plagues global health fund’

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A full 67 percent of money spent on an anti-Aids program in Mauritania was misspent, the investigators have said.

‘Solar eclipse’ visible over Mideast, Europe

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Wintry skies darkened over Switzerland on Tuesday morning as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe.