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Francis Farley, a British physicist, joined CERN in 1957. This marked the start of a long and remarkable career in experiments to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon

Günther Plass, former Director of Accelerators at CERN, joined the Magnets group at the Proton Synchrotron (PS) in 1956. Three years later, the machine went into service and became the most powerful accelerator in the world

In cooling positronium with laser light for the first time, AEgIS may also have taken the first step towards a matter–antimatter system that emits laser-like gamma-ray light

Find out how CERN is celebrating the 100th birthday of former Director-General Herwig Schopper, and how you can be involved

Giuseppe Fidecaro was among the small group of physicists who performed the first experiment at CERN to provide results in 1958 that would spread the Laboratory’s name around the world

CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by shedding light on the variety of career paths for women in STEM.

Highlights from this year’s Chamonix workshop, including the crucial role that the injectors play in shaping future research endeavours

The latest release makes LHCb research data, used by researchers to produce a number of significant results, available to anyone for a wide range of physics studies

Over the last ten years, CERN-born Zenodo has evolved to store ever more scientific data. Today, a new project is set to ensure Zenodo’s position as a prime repository for EU research data

Franco Bonaudi, one of the pioneers of CERN's accelerators, looks back at the Laboratory's early years, during which everything had yet to be invented

CERN will turn 70 on 29 September 2024. A rich celebration programme will enable the public to celebrate CERN’s illustrious past and engage with its bright future

François de Rose, a French diplomat, was involved in the creation of CERN. In 2004, he still remembered the first discussions that ultimately led to the birth of the Organization