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How to make optimal use of the video conference systems in the context of the coronavirus episode
On Thursday 26 April 2018 at 4pm CEST, join the CERN Facebook live from our unique Antiproton Decelerator
Join our scientists live from the Large Hadron Collider tunnel today, 28 February 2018, at 4pm on Facebook
Follow a drone’s journey as it flies through and over some of CERN’s most interesting sites
After Howie Day heard a parody of his 2004 single “Collide”, he flew to Switzerland to sing it at the LHC
Drone freestyle and racing world class champion Chad Nowak came to CERN to record acrobatic footage
All the talks from TEDxCERN 2015 from using virtual reality in education to surfing wakefields, are now available online
Lucio Rossi and Fermilab’s Giorgio Apollinari talk about light, luminosity and the High-Luminosity LHC project
Two media projects, developed with funds from CERN and EUROVISION, are taking fundamental physics to 8-12 year olds. Watch the trailers
CERN is moving to a new videoconferencing system called Vidyo