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The accelerator chain and the experiments that it serves are gradually awakening after the extended year-end technical stop (EYETS)
A round up of the upgrades and maintenance during the 2016/2017 extended year-end technical stop
The winners of the four artist residency awards for 2017
Magnet from re-commissioned Australian MRI scanner used to help scientists understand star explosions
CERN and NASA scientists today revealed the presence of the largest particle accelerator ever built
On 31 March 2017 at 11:00 the manager of UNOSAT, will give an overview of the variety of activities carried out by the organisation since 2001
CMS high-luminosity LHC upgrade requires new silicon sensors, to better distinguish between particles from multiple collisions
What happens when protons in cosmic rays collide with helium nuclei? The LHCb experiment is on the case
After celebrating its 15th anniversary last year, CERN openlab looks back on its successes and what it hopes to achieve in the coming years
What is the effect of gravity on antimatter? A new experiment at CERN is preparing to join the quest to find the answer to this question in physics
How CERN is an ideal place to explore and nurture new business ideas and to foster an entrepreneurial spirit
In what is an exceptional observation, the LHCb experiment at CERN has discovered a new system of five particles in a single analysis
