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The ICARUS detector is being refurbished before being sent to the US in search of sterile neutrinos
A major topic was the approval of CERN’s Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2017-2021
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy… not so for the LHC, which is just entering four weeks of full-on luminosity production
CERN’s Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group has contributed to the development of vacuum chambers for MAX IV, the new synchrotron in Sweden
Anne-Sylvie Catherin, head of HR Department, looks back over her years at CERN before taking up her new position at the European Central Bank
Sept pompiers du CERN ont été formés à la prise en charge des patients traumatisés.
On Wednesday, 22 June 2016, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the Induction Programme.
CAS Free-Electron Lasers and Energy Recovery Linacs courses were held at DESY
Why you should be grateful to the Domain Name System at CERN.
Once again, the CERN Running Club has caused a stir at the Tour du Canton de Genève.
Knowledge Transfer Fund awarded over six hundred thousand Swiss francs to six projects in 2016.
Martin Steinacher, Director for Finance and Human Resources, writes to CERN personnel about diversity at the Organisation