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Two teams are treating the vacuum chambers of selected SPS magnets to limit the electron-cloud phenomenon, which can disrupt the beams
CERN will host three winners of the EU Contest for Young Scientists, who were recognised for their project on the design and prototype of a High-Altitude Micro Air Vehicle
The presentation on mobility and video of the conference are available
The International Labour Office (ILO) will open its doors to the public for the first time on Tuesday, 15 October in Geneva
A new facility following the founding principles of CERN begins its design phase
During the night of 26 September, 149 municipalities in the Greater Geneva area switched off their lights to reveal the stars
The NA62 experiment has detected two candidate events for the decay of a positively charged kaon into a pion and a neutrino–antineutrino pair
All members and beneficiaries of the Pension Fund are invited to attend the Annual Information Meeting on Thursday 17 October 2019 - 2:30 p.m.
World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs 100 metres underground at the Large Hadron Collider