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The “ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event” provided early career researchers with an insight into career opportunities outside academia
CERN, the École des Mines and ARMINES will work together in various fields of applied research
After a gruelling two-day workshop, the winning prototype from the CMS Create #2 competition has been chosen
The commissioning of ELENA, a new antiproton deceleration ring, has begun
How the Theory Department contributes to the evolving research of particle physics and the CERN research programme
How the injector chain has contributed to increase the luminosity of the proton-lead ion run
Superconducting technology developed for the HL-LHC and FCC could improve our understanding of the human brain
NA64 is a new experiment at CERN searching for a particle called the dark photon, which might act as a bridge to the universe’s invisible, dark sector
On 15 November 2016 CERN welcomed Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland
On Friday, 21 October 2016, CERN's teams had to secure their Linux systems against a new and highly critical vulnerability dubbed “DirtyCow”
After having accelerated a beam up to the design energy of 160 MeV, Linac 4 is now entering a new phase of its commissioning
The LHC’s success is not alone. Linac 4 and ELENA have also reached important milestones