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Show off your coding skills in the Intel Modern Code Developer Challenge 2015 for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience
This year 280 summer students from 83 different countries took part in the CERN summer student programme
The recent CERN Summer Student Webfest saw participants hack all weekend to produce a range of weird and wonderful science innovations
Applications are now open for the International School of Trigger & Data Aquisition, which will take place from 25 January 2016 in Rehovot, Israel
The Langton Ultimate Cosmic-ray Intensity Detector used CERN Medipix particle detectors to collect data from space
CERN hosted the 11 young students who won the CERN Special Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2015
Apply now to try hands-on experiments in particle physics at CERN. Deadline: 21 June
This week, IdeaSquare at CERN is one of the host sites for a global hackathon for open-science projects and tools
CERN representatives take part today in the International Girls in ICT Day organised by International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
In a 2015 survey, Swiss students put CERN in the top five most desirable places to work in the IT, Engineering and Natural Science sectors
Some 119 teams from all over the world sent us their proposals for experiments at the T9 beamline at CERN this year
