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These two last weeks have been a highlight of LHC operation, delivering record luminosity
Newly created IT Consultancy Team provides advice on IT matters to communities at CERN starting new projects or reviewing computing activities of old
On the initiative of the Office National des Forêts, France’s forestry commission, horses are helping to remove trees cut down in CERN’s forests
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The High Energy Ladies, the CERN Yachting Club’s ladies’ team, were the first all-female team to complete the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva race
It was with great sadness that we learnt that Irene Vichou, our much appreciated ATLAS colleague, had passed away in April after an illness.
Catherine Magnier, du département EN, nous a quitté le 31 mai dernier
A member of CERN staff spotted the baby bird near a car in the Building 40 carpark, it is now homed with the centre for bird rescue
Pedestrians and cyclists can access the Prévessin site through a new automated gate on the "Chemin Moulin des Ponts”
The intensity ramp-up of the LHC beams resumed last Friday after the main powering system of the PS accelerator was put back in service
As a newcomer to CERN, I find myself both honoured and humbled to have had the role of Research Director confided in me for five years