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The recent CERN Open Days hosted talks on topics from antimatter and the Higgs boson to the anthropology of science. Watch the talks online
Wherever you are in the global particle physics community, you too can feel a sense of pride in the achievement of a Nobel for Higgs and Englert
Watch CERN engineers install a new beam dump at the Proton Synchrotron Booster
Cameras were rolling in CERN's building 40 when members of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations heard the news live from Stockholm
Twelve social(media)ites took a private tour of CERN and shared their experiences on Twitter at the CERN Tweetup
Filmmaker Jan Peters will present his work on 16 October in the Globe of Science and Innovation
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryschenko signed an agreement today
The first Advanced Materials and Surfaces (WAMAS) workshop will take place at CERN in November
Alan Parsons of the Alan Parsons Live Project talks the Beatles, bosons, and rock-star scientists
The "Bosons & More" event for CERN people this evening will celebrate the success of the Open Days, and the exceptional achievements of the LHC
Practical and access information about the CERN Open Days
A strategic crisis management plan will help the laboratory to focus on health and safety should a major incident occur
