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This synchrocyclotron (SC) was built in 1957, whereas the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was completed in 2009. The SC accelerates ions…

Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, a neutrino telescope located beneath the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

The new generation of APE (Array Processor Experiment) computing systems

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier