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“The Nine”, who inform and advise the Director-General, are now seeking topics for discussion for the coming year
Visit the new CERN Library, in building 52, first floor, take a photo and submit it to the link below for your chance to win a prize.
Félix Hoffmann was a CERN tour guide for more than 50 years
The result is a milestone in the study of the properties and behaviour of antimatter
For the coming 5 weeks the LHC experiments will be taking data for their heavy-ion physics programmes
On 19 and 20 September, Science Gateway will open its doors to the CERN community with a pre-inauguration and visits
In about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments
The proof-of-principle demonstrator could pave the way for more energy-efficient electromagnets
