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Manjit Dosanjh, CERN's life sciences advisor and member of the Knowledge Transfer group, explains benefits of multidisciplinary conferences for health
This week the IEEE recognized Robert Aymar and Herman ten Kate for their contributions to the field of applied superconductivity
Members of the CERN Fire and Rescue Service and the Swiss fire services took part in a training exercise to test new protective clothing
This week, CERN will be hosting a seminar entitled The music of physics and the physics of music at the Montreux Jazz Festival
The penultimate stage of the 2013 Tour de France, the Annecy-Semnoz time-trial, has already been won – by a CERN staff member
Director-General Rolf Heuer on his first major UN forum since CERN was granted observer status
A packed CERN auditorium today enjoyed Scottish reels and airs played by the 100-strong Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra
Sign up now to volunteer for the CERN Open Days in September
On 25 June, pupils from the collège de Ferney-Voltaire completed the Passport to the Big Bang circuit
In his keynote address at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Rolf Heuer pushed investment in science and "co-opetition"
The communications group is building an app for the CERN community, and they need your help
Just as Olympic marathon runners have a motto, so the athletes of LS1 work to the mantra of "Safety, Quality, Schedule," says Rolf Heuer