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Mark Thomson Appointed CERN Director-General, Takes Charge of Collider Project
Mark Thomson has been named as the new Director-General of CERN, where he will oversee the $17 billion Future Circular Collider project. Thomson, a British physicist known for his role in the discovery of the Higgs boson, will lead the laboratory through challenges such as securing funding and addressing scepticism from key contributors like German...
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Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Discovered 'God Particle', Dies At 94
British physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle -- the so-called Higgs boson -- jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh announced on Tuesday.
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Anand Mahindra With Stephen Hawking In This "Blast From The Past"
Businessman Anand Mahindra treated fans to a "blast from the past" today, sharing an old picture that shows him with the late British physicist Stephen Hawking.
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As World Wide Web Turns 30, Netizens Celebrate With Hilarious Tweets
March 12 is a special day in the history of the Internet - it is the birthday of the World Wide Web. It was on March 12 in 1989 that British physicist Tim Berners-Lee, working for Europe's physics lab CERN, proposed a decentralised system of information management.
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Stephen Hawking's Signed Thesis, Wheelchair Auctioned In London
A copy of Stephen Hawking's doctorate thesis signed in a shaky hand was unveiled Tuesday as the highlight of a new auction of the British physicist's personal items in London.
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Stephen Hawking's Wheelchair, Thesis Papers To Be Auctioned In London
Late British physicist Stephen Hawking's high-tech wheelchair and his 1965 Ph.D. thesis are going on sale, London-based auction house Christie's announced.
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Stephen Hawking's Voice To Be Beamed Into Space During Memorial
As the ashes of the British theoretical physicist are interred, a specially-written composition featuring his famous synthesised voice will be beamed into space by the European Space Agency.
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Stephen Hawking's Family Invite Time Travellers For His Memorial Service
Stephen Hawking's family have invited time travellers to his memorial service, seeking to tackle one of the curiosities that eluded the British physicist during his extraordinary life.
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With White 'Universe' Lilies, Stephen Hawking Gets His Final Farewell In UK
Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos".
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Stephen Hawking To Join Newton, Darwin In Final Resting Place
British physicist Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside Westminster Abbey, close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
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Mark Thomson Appointed CERN Director-General, Takes Charge of Collider Project
Mark Thomson has been named as the new Director-General of CERN, where he will oversee the $17 billion Future Circular Collider project. Thomson, a British physicist known for his role in the discovery of the Higgs boson, will lead the laboratory through challenges such as securing funding and addressing scepticism from key contributors like German...
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Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Discovered 'God Particle', Dies At 94
British physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle -- the so-called Higgs boson -- jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh announced on Tuesday.
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Anand Mahindra With Stephen Hawking In This "Blast From The Past"
Businessman Anand Mahindra treated fans to a "blast from the past" today, sharing an old picture that shows him with the late British physicist Stephen Hawking.
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As World Wide Web Turns 30, Netizens Celebrate With Hilarious Tweets
March 12 is a special day in the history of the Internet - it is the birthday of the World Wide Web. It was on March 12 in 1989 that British physicist Tim Berners-Lee, working for Europe's physics lab CERN, proposed a decentralised system of information management.
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Stephen Hawking's Signed Thesis, Wheelchair Auctioned In London
A copy of Stephen Hawking's doctorate thesis signed in a shaky hand was unveiled Tuesday as the highlight of a new auction of the British physicist's personal items in London.
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Stephen Hawking's Wheelchair, Thesis Papers To Be Auctioned In London
Late British physicist Stephen Hawking's high-tech wheelchair and his 1965 Ph.D. thesis are going on sale, London-based auction house Christie's announced.
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Stephen Hawking's Voice To Be Beamed Into Space During Memorial
As the ashes of the British theoretical physicist are interred, a specially-written composition featuring his famous synthesised voice will be beamed into space by the European Space Agency.
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Stephen Hawking's Family Invite Time Travellers For His Memorial Service
Stephen Hawking's family have invited time travellers to his memorial service, seeking to tackle one of the curiosities that eluded the British physicist during his extraordinary life.
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With White 'Universe' Lilies, Stephen Hawking Gets His Final Farewell In UK
Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos".
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Stephen Hawking To Join Newton, Darwin In Final Resting Place
British physicist Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside Westminster Abbey, close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
