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A recent workshop looked at how and why CERN has introduced gender-inclusive teaching into its teacher programmes
Researchers at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have used an ultrasensitive variant of NMR spectroscopy to study DNA interactions
On 1 June 2018, 20 photographers will be given an exclusive opportunity to explore the world’s largest particle physics laboratory
This week, worldwide experts are gathering to explore future medical accelerators for treating cancer
HALO, an artwork conceived during the artists’ residency at CERN and inspired by ATLAS data will be exhibited from 13 to 17 June at Art Basel.
Major renovation work will reduce energy consumption and improve the reliability and safety of the experiment hall
American Internet pioneer Vint Cerf presented “Big data and social media” at CERN
As I write this report, the integrated luminosity counter for ATLAS and CMS is at 23.1 fb-1, exceeding our goal of around 18 fb-1
Museum directors and science outreach experts visited CERN on the occasion of the annual ECSITE meeting
What do some webcams, cameras, video-conferencing cameras, control devices and Internet-of-Things devices connected to CERN networks have in common?
The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter
New results from CMS and ATLAS experiments reveal how strongly the Higgs boson interacts with the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark