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A smaller beam pipe and a redesign of the tracker systems are among the upgrades the ALICE experiment will deploy during the long shutdown of the LHC
CERN's head of communications James Gillies was awarded the Global Business Communicator of the year award at an event in Mumbai, India on Friday
Thirty-one students evaluated the market potential of three CERN technologies this week as part of a collaboration with their Norwegian university
Scientists from CERN examined the common ground between science, philosophy and theology at a Wilton Park meeting this week
This summer, seven young coding wizzes contributed to CERN projects through the Google Summer of Code program
CERN is showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany from 10-14 October
The European Southern Observatory, founded on 5 October 1962, has close links with CERN
Representatives from 29 countries are meeting at CERN today to launch the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is taking on a mathematical conjecture first written down by Christian Goldbach in 1742
The polish physicist will serve for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2013
The project was awarded "Best Online Event" at an awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, last week
ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb are looking ahead to the 20-month shutdown from February 2013