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The ATLAS experiment at CERN has found evidence for the Higgs boson decaying to fermions: two tau particles, to be precise
In a photo essay shot at CERN, photographer Andri Pol beautifully captures scenes from our community – from the high-tech to the mundane
The time has come for CERN to start seriously considering the options for its post-LHC future
On 14 November, the first H- beam was accelerated to the energy of 3 MeV in Linac 4
The Short Model Coil working group recently built a niobium-tin magnet with a peak magnetic field of 13.5 tesla—a record for CERN
The Fundamental Physics Foundation recognized Russian theorist Slava Rychkov for breathing new life into conformal field theory
As part of a recent conference at CERN on thorium energy, Hans Blix spoke of the element's possibilities as a safer source of nuclear energy
Check out the official logo from CERN's graphic design team for the laboratory's upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations
Frédérick Bordry, chair of the second workshop on Energy for Sustainable Science, on how CERN is contributing to the Sustainable Science conversation
Scientists, politicians, the public, students, our neighbours, you: these groups of people all have a stake in CERN, and all are important to us
Former ATLAS Experiment spokesperson, Fabiola Gianotti, is among the 26 scientists appointed to the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board
Visit the industrial exhibition and watch the webcast of today’s workshop on energy management in research infrastructures