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On 5 May, the last step in the intensity ramp-up process was completed, ten days ahead of schedule. The LHC is now filled with 2556 bunches per beam
From 28 May 2018, plastic cups will no longer be used in CERN’s restaurants
Can machine learning assist high-energy physics in discovering and characterising new particles?
Around 500 to 1000 people from the media visit CERN every year, and the Press Office organises bespoke visits for them.
The CERN Computing Rules govern the usage of CERN’s computing facilities, CERN’s wired and wireless networks including all devices connected to them
A healthcare kit for remote conditions and a screening system for anti-cancer pharmaceuticals are the winners of the first CERN Medtech:Hack
Some 500 scientists from 147 institutes met in Amsterdam for the 2018 Future Circular Collider (FCC) week from 9 to 13 April
An all-new user- and mobile-friendly CERN careers website launches today, find out more at careers.cern
On 28 April 2018, 13 days ahead of schedule, the operators of the LHC successfully injected 1200 bunches of protons into the machine and collided them
A new technique developed at CERN will allow electron synchrotrons to operate at higher energies by reducing the diameter of the beam pipes
CERN doesn’t just accelerate particles... it also accelerates people!
The LHC operators hope to break last year’s record for total proton-proton collisions delivered to the experiments
