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CERN participated in the Geneva Global Goals innovation Day to engage with the public and show CERN tackles UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The CERN Accelerator School (CAS) organised a specialised course on Beam Injection, Extraction and Transfer in Erice, Sicily from 10 to 19 March 2017
At the 52nd Rencontres de Moriond conference CERN collaborations presented many new results, including their first ones with the full 13 TeV dataset
The crab cavities, a key component for the HL-LHC luminosity increase, show remarkable first test results
A first glimpse at the winter conferences of what the LHC’s extraordinary performance in 2016 means for physics
The re-filling of the arcs with liquid helium started last week, and the LHC is gradually being prepared for electrical tests at the end of the month
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We would now like to step up a level and introduce haptic feedback for unsecure user actions
On Tuesday 21 March 2017, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the Induction Programme
Are you interested in entrepreneurship? CERN is an ideal place to explore and nurture new business ideas
At a time when Hollywood rarely praises female scientists as heroes, an unusual film was released: Hidden Figures
