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The smiles say it all at CERN

04 Jul 2012 Hamish Johnston
Higgs excitement

By Hamish Johnston in Geneva

To me, this photo of CMS physicists Yves Sirois of École Polytechnique in Paris and Daniela Bortoletto of Purdue University in the US sums up the day nicely. Both spent every waking hour of the last two weeks analysing data – yet were so full of energy and excitement that it even rubbed off on a curmudgeon like me!

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