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CERN develops new technologies that have applications not only in particle physics experiments, but also in the aerospace industry
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Live from IdeaSquare, CERN's innovation centre, from 13:00 on October 25 2017
50 years ago, the first radioactive beam at ISOLDE was produced
CERN openlab works with industry to tackle the ICT challenges of the high-luminosity LHC
Meet the two prototypes under construction at CERN for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Top marks for the Standard Model as LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS study the subtle behaviour of the heaviest particle
The BASE collaboration breaks its own precision measurement record of antiproton’s magnetic moment
CERN has launched its alumni network. Don’t miss its first event in February 2018.