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Never leave your luggage unattended and make sure it’s labelled!
Take part in the seventh edition of the relay race held during the Automnales on Saturday, 11 November
The fourth Geneva Peace Week, taking place from 6 to 10 November 2017, will focus on the theme “Prevention and effective pathways for implementation”
The flu vaccine has proved its worth by halving the number of flu-related hospitalisations, and it lessens the severity of the symptoms
Intellectual Property and Innovation by Dr. Francis Gurry
Digital acceleration: from CERN, to my start-up and beyond. A talk by David Manset in the Countil Chamber on 3 November at 11am
In this workshop, speakers from academia and industry will present the current state of the key technologies used to build Smart environments
Registration for the 2018 session of the European School of Instrumentation in Particle and Astroparticle Physics (ESIPAP) is now open
Since 10 October 2017, it is possible to pay with a bank card at the counters in Restaurants 1 and 2
“Why do we do what we do at CERN?” – tackle this question at the upcoming LHCreate hackathon, 16 to 17 November
An agreement was established between CERN and the "Complexe sportif de Maisonnex" so that holders of the Blue (C) CERN card can enjoy a 15% reduction
Everyone at CERN, including visitors, will soon have to wear a badge visibly at all times
