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Among other decisions, the appointment of Fabiola Gianotti as next CERN Director-General was formalised by a unanimous vote of Council
ICTP director Fernando Quevedo talks to Antonella Del Rosso about the contribution that theorists make to society and why it deserves support
On 3 December 2014, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited CERN
"Wandering the immeasurable" – a 15-tonne sculpture next to the Globe of Science and Innovation – was inaugurated at a ceremony on Saturday
Rüdiger Voss and Emmanuel Tsesmelis on why CERN’s geographical enlargement is important for the future
Rolf Heuer writes his first blog entry in a series running over the next few weeks for Huffington Post
CERN signs agreement to provide technology and expert training for a new business-incubation centre in Thessaloniki
An article about ATLAS is the first in a series on experimental high-energy physics to appear on the peer-reviewed website
New CERN-KEK offices to increase the collaborative effort on accelerator R&D and construction projects
The release of the Open Data Portal is a significant milestone on the road to Open Science, but there is work ahead
New CMS software allows Masterclass students to analyse events from the LHC
The new ALICE Run Control Centre (ARC) implements the best and newest solutions for its shift workers and expert operators
