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The cryo-assembly containing two MQXFA magnets was delivered to CERN in early December. (Image: CERN) At the beginning of December, CERN received an important shipment. It contained a cryo-assembly of two 4.2-m-long magnets developed by the Accelerator Upgrade Project in the US. These magnets are vital for the high-luminosity upgrade of the LHC (HL-LHC). With coils made from niobium–tin, instead of the niobium–titanium that the LHC currently uses, they will help focus the particle beams to a...

THE incredible speeds at which a Formula 1 (F1) car makes it round any track shows what a finely-tuned machine it is and its technological superiority over the typical road car.

A man walks down the Lewiston Levee Parkway Trail as steam wafts up from Clearwater Paper on Monday in Lewiston.

Thinking about giving the outside of your house a fresh paint job? The color of the paint you choose can have a big impact on how energy-efficient your home can

Four North Dakota projects will receive varying amounts of federal and state money to improve resiliency of the electrical grid.

Physicists have found the formula for a Spiderman suit. Recent research determined that van der Waals forces, the weak attraction that molecules have for each other when they are brought very close together, are responsible for the amazing sticking power of geckos and spiders.

Spokesperson Joe Legge says Walker County Commissioners approved a resolution to lift the ban.

True darkness, it turns out, can be experienced but does not exist. If you have been down a deep mine where the guide tells you to turn off your lamp you will have seen – in not seeing – something close to it: an utter nothingness in which your body and mind seem to shrink

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As we climb up the mountain, pulling our sleds behind us, the tall pines frame the winding white snow covered road.