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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
Runners braved poor weather for the CERN Road Race this week
A new system for tracking visitors to CERN’s underground sites has been successfully tested by CMS and is ready for use at all targeted locations
A team of web developers are working to build a simulator of one of the earliest web browsers, the line-mode browser
Two former CERN artists in residence are teaming up with CMS for the world première of the contemporary dance piece QUANTUM this month
