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CERN computer scientist Maria Dimou on Tim Berners-Lee's vision for a free, open World Wide Web
CERN is hosting a Raspberry Pi programming day on 12 April 2014. This event is free, but it is necessary to sign up to be able to attend
Today from 3pm watch the webcast of CERN and UN Geneva's roundtable discussion about the challenges of communicating science
Newly elected ATLAS outreach co-coordinator Kate Shaw hopes to bring particle physics to students in developing countries
Mums can teach their daughters positive perceptions of knowledge and science, says Manjit Dosanjh
Inspirational female role models like Jocelyn Bell are important for young women in science, says CERN doctoral student Giulia Alice Fornaro
The president of Council offers a personal insight into the continuing attraction of collaboration with CERN
With international women’s day coming up, it's time to take a look at how far we’ve come over recent years in promoting gender equality at CERN
The collimation system for the Large Hadron Collider's Run 2 will consist of a total of 118 ultra-precise devices
The first new PI-Mode Structure (PIMS) cavity for Linac 4 is under assembly at CERN
The High Expansion Foam System is the last line of defence against fire in the CMS cavern
Representatives of major research institutions and leading IT companies came to CERN for a data analytics workshop organized by CERN openlab