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Corinne Pralavorio works in the CERN communications group, managing the content section's writing team.
The first acceleration module of HIE-ISOLDE has been installed. The new accelerator will increase the energy of CERN’s nuclear physics facility
The short circuit to ground delaying the restart of the LHC has been fixed
The laboratory's accelerator chain is supplying an experiment with argon ions for the first time
Magnets in one sector of the accelerator are fully prepared for the restart at higher energies
New CMS software allows Masterclass students to analyse events from the LHC
300 pupils aged 9 to 12 organised a knowledge exchange workshop based on the “Be a Physicist” project
For CERN, the "Fête des Voisins" (neighbours' fair) lasted the whole weekend
François de Rose, a founding father of CERN, publishes his memoirs during the year of CERN’s 60th anniversary
The residents of CERN’s local area took to their bikes on Sunday 2 June for the inauguration of the Passport to the Big Bang trail
Around 60 secondary school students from France and Germany visited CERN to find out more about the Franco-German relationship