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On the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March), voices from the CERN community share their views on diversity and collaboration
Source code from the popular software-development site GitHub can now be preserved and cited through the CERN-hosted online repository Zenodo
The start of the LAA project in 1986 propelled electronics at CERN into the era of microelectronics
Watch François Englert explain the equations for the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism that gives particles mass, with the help of a blackboard
A particle accelerator from Heidelberg, Germany – the Test Storage Ring - may not be going into storage after all
In CERN's 60th year, we look back at some of its historic moments. Here magnet coils for the Synchrocyclotron make their journey to Geneva in 1955
The head of CERN's Medical Application Programme addresses a medical conference 60 years after the first use of protons to treat cancer
To celebrate the Organization's 60th anniversary, a variety of events are planned in members states – learn more on the cern60 website
The CLIC study could transfer its X-band expertise to light sources and medical applications
A team composed of CERN staff, industrial support and mechanics from Pakistan have given access to the last LHC splice for inspection
From 10 to 14 February in Geneva, physicists, medical doctors and life-science experts will discuss innovative techniques in the fight against cancer
Radiofrequency cavities built for the Large Electron Positron Collider are finding use on the SESAME project