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An important protection component for the High-Luminosity LHC has been successfully tested at the HiRadMat facility
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The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference
At its September meeting, the CERN Council formally launched the European Strategy for Particle Physics update
The workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender promoted gender diversity in theoretical physics
Civil-engineering work for the MEQ59 platform is now complete and Route Arago is once more open to traffic
The flu vaccine has proved its worth by halving the number of flu-related hospitalisations, and it lessens the severity of the symptoms
CERN openlab is organising a first-of-its-kind workshop on quantum computing on 5-6 November. The event will take place in the CERN Main Auditorium
From 15 October 2018, table service will be available every day in Restaurant 1 at “Côté Bistrot”, located at the entrance to the Glass Box
Registration for the 2019 session of the European School of Instrumentation in Particle and Astroparticle Physics (ESIPAP) is now open
Registration for the 2019 session of the Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS) is now open
The private option for CERN mobile telephony subscriptions will be withdrawn as from 1st February 2019