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09 Mars 2009.
Crystals against cancer
Clinical trials have begun in Portugal on a new medical imaging system for the diagnosis of breast cancer, which uses positron emission tomography (PET). The system, developed by a Portuguese consortium in collaboration with CERN and laboratories participating in the Crystal Clear collaboration, will detect even the smallest tumours and thus help avoid unnecessary biopsies.15 December 2008.
The damage that derailed the Large Hadron Collider
The world's most powerful particle accelerator switched on in September, causing great excitement, but just nine days later a helium leak shut the LHC down.| archive... |
