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The 2019 CERN Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics is open for applications
Registration for the 2019 session of the Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS) is now open
Registration for the 2019 session of the European School of Instrumentation in Particle and Astroparticle Physics (ESIPAP) is now open
The International School of Trigger and Data AcQuisition will be held at the University of London in Egham (UK) from 3 to 12 April 2019
In 2018, 45 staff members have achieved 25 years of service at CERN
CERN hosts unveiling of a plaque recalling the history of a building in Berlin now owned by the CERN Pension Fund
Protect CERN, protect yourself! Using applications without a valid licence will lead to repercussions
The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of the latest LHC heavy-ion run
CERN IT experts provide advice on IT and computing for all CERN communities
ECFA has launched a survey to learn how the achievements of individual researchers are recognised in collaborations
Nearly 90% of High-Energy Physics publications are funded by SCOAP³
The ALPHA-g and GBAR experiments have received their first beams of antiprotons
