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Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees will be speaking at the International Conference Centre in Geneva on 3 July 2014
Take part in the free activities organized by CERN Clubs to celebrate the laboratory's 60th anniversary
SWITCH enables collaborators to access online services at participating research institutions in Switzerland with a single username and password
CERN has a very clear policy on fraud: prevention, those reporting it are protected from recrimination, and zero-tolerance should fraud be uncovered
An LHC magnet makes a stop in the heart of Geneva to celebrate 200 years since the canton joined the Swiss Confederation
The official story is demonstrably wrong, says CERN theorist Álvaro de Rújula
The new Building SL53 on CERN’s Cessy site in France is ready to welcome visitors
The Particle Physics Project Prioritisation Panel is the US equivalent of the European Strategy update
Time spent at CERN has inspired a team of young computer scientists to launch ProtonMail, a new encrypted-email service
Images of the last of over ten thousand M welds on LHC magnet interconnections that were performed as part of the LS1 consolidation work
CERN’s 60th anniversary is all about celebrating 60 years of science for peace with people who matter to us - high on that list are our neighbours
The Lync system provides collaboration features such as phone calls, instant messaging, a presence indicator and integration with Exchange calendar