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CERN's Director-General, Fabiola Gianotti, is co-chairing this week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
A key component for the ProtoDUNE neutrino experiment arrived this week at CERN from the UK
The CMS collaboration closes in on exotic long-lived particles that could get trapped in its detector layers
For 14 weeks this winter teams are carrying out maintenance and upgrade work on the LHC
Since 2015, the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have had a permanent presence at CERN, improving emergency response in and around the laboratory
Sign up for CERN’s first History Day
ORCID is a unique way to identify yourself, link your publications and more
CERN’s OpenStack service provides you with enormous computing and storage resources to achieve your professional goals
An exhibition of slide photos transformed by time into works of art
Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) launches new strategy to guide research priorities over next decade
CERN has been officially notified that Lithuania's internal procedures have been approved, following the Agreement signed in June 2017
A New Year rich in progress is looming at CERN