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In this week's Bulletin find out how a new LHCb programme is delving uncharted waters for the LHC: exploring how protons interact with noble gases
In this week's Bulletin find out how the Linac4 accelerator will reach a milestone energy that will allow the machine to replace Linac2
CERN’s relationship with the United Nations continues to thrive
In this week's Bulletin learn how participants at The Port hackathon worked on solutions for children suffering from skin condition
This week it's the turn of heavy-ion physics to take the spotlight
In this week's Bulletin learn how over 100 CERN people work behind the scenes to support the Beamline for Schools competition
Council elected a new President, who will take up his mandate on 1 January along with the new management team, which was also approved yesterday
The sensor on the NA62 Gigtracker has a cooling system that might become the precursor to a completely new detector technique
The proof-of-principle experiment aims to use protons to generate powerful wakefields to accelerate an electron beam
The HiRadMat facility is using SPS beams to test materials and components in extreme conditions
As the LHC Physics conference gets underway in St Petersburg, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand with run-2
Data for the LHC experiments, summer conferences, and Pakistan as an Associate Member State