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The Large Hadron Collider began its physics programme on this day a decade ago
CERN is open in virtual mode. Many scientists and collaborators are teleworking.
Groups of physics students are invited, along with their teachers, to propose an idea for a particle-physics experiment
The three new laureates will receive supervision and training from ATLAS experts as well as funding for their studies
Six of ATLAS’s most junior members were celebrated in CERN’s main auditorium
Applications are now open for the 43rd CERN School of Computing. The CSC 2020 will take place from 23 August to 5 September 2020 in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland
The XXIX International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics will be held on 22-27 June 2020 in Chicago, IL USA
The collaboration has made public the data of 1 quadrillion proton-proton collisions from the LHC’s last run
The course will take place from 25 May to 7 June 2020 in Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands
The 8th Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC 2020) will be held in the beautiful city of Split, Croatia from 7 to 13 June 2020
