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This week sees leaders in the fields of physics and engineering meet to discuss the future of particle accelerators
Quiet beams declared in the LHC as the first test collisions are made
New Swiss banknotes to feature imagery inspired by physics
On 1 April 2016, the Republic of Cyprus became an Associate Member State of CERN in pre-stage to Membership
Scientists at CERN have made a surprising discovery after sonifying Higgs boson data
The LHC has introduced beam for the first time since the year-end technical stop began in December 2015
Particle hunting is in full swing as LHC experiment collaborations have come up with dozens of fresh results at a meeting for particle physicists
Fasten your seatbelts for a grand world tour in the fourth installment of our 'In Theory' series
An update on the maintenance work that’s been carried out on the LHC, the experiments and the machines during the year-end technical stop
In the third feature article of the In Theory series the theoreticians discuss what made them choose their field
CERN's Director General on why the coming years will be crucial for the long-term future of particle physics.
For International Women’s day 2016, CERN showcases some of the women from the six decades of CERN’s history