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The 13th Science Night, taking place this summer, will feature a CERN activity stand
Take a walk around CERN to discover the rich flora and fauna that surround us
Benefits and risks to be aware of at work and at leisure
The CMS experiment awaits LHC Run 3 to explore several analyses showing small disagreements with theory expectations
From 29 June to 3 July, the CineGlobe international film festival will return to CERN’s Globe of Science and Innovation for its 11th edition.
In the past few weeks, you might have noticed some of our firefighter colleagues wearing a red T-shirt that reads “Firefighter in induction”
Providing computer security for an organisation, company or university resembles playing a permanent game of chess
The Director-General has nominated Laura Kiviharju, Massimo Marelli and David Taylor as mem-bers of CERN’s new Data Protection Commission (DPC), which took up its functions on 1 June 2022
The renovation work will start in autumn 2022
