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International Masterclasses organisers are looking for physicists at CERN to moderate videoconferences with high school students
A new IT tool will make life easier, particularly for those of us who have several vehicles
Registration is now open for the CAS specialised course on "Vacuum for Particle Accelerators" - Glumslov (Sweden), 6-16 June 2017
The emergency stop tests of the ISR area of the Meyrin site are planned on Saturday 28 January 2017 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The emergency stop tests of the West area of the Meyrin site are planned on Saturday 28 January 2017 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The 3rd Developers@CERN Forum will take place on February 13-14 afternoons in the IT auditorium with the topic "Frontend and User Interfaces"
Traffic will be disrupted on both routes Fermi and Gregory as of Thursday 19 January until May
Build you own particle detector: a DIY S’Cool LAB workshop for the CERN Community
The IPT Department Head, his secretariat, and the IPT-Procurement team have left Building 5 and are now located in Building 653 until June 2017
Don’t miss the first Gender in Physics Day on 27 January at the Globe of Science and Innovation. Registration is now open (limited places available!)
We are pleased to announce that the 59th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on Energy Recovery Linacs (ERL17) will be held at CERN
