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The Beamline for Schools competition gives high-school students the chance to run an experiment on a fully equipped CERN beamline
New results presented by the LHCb collaboration on the decay of particles containing a “charm” quark delve deeper into the matter-antimatter asymmetry
This week, the LHC will ignore its motto of ‘maximum luminosity’, and perform special runs at very low luminosity
After three years of successful operation and growth, CERN announces continuation of global SCOAP3 Open Access initiative for another three
Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s Director-General, explains why knowledge for knowledge’s sake is the most valuable commodity we possess
Installation of the second cryomodule at HIE-ISOLDE means unique, upgraded machine is now ready to take physics measurements at higher energies
A ceremony was held for the raising of the Romanian flag alongside the flags of CERN’s 21 other Member States
With people celebrating “Internaut day” on 23 August to mark the World Wide Web’s creation, CERN explores its history
Cloud technology offers a promising solution for the computing needs of particle physics
The LHC performance continued to surpass expectations when this week it achieved 2220 proton bunches
The Global Innovation Index 2016 report is a leading reference on innovation and uses CERN as an example of a highly successful regional initiative
As the ICHEP 2016 conference draws to a close tonight, the BBC will broadcast a new show following scientists at CERN from June 2015