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CERN was the guest of honour at the Automnales, Geneva’s huge annual fair: ten days of encounters and exchanges with the general public.
Tens of thousands of people visited CERN’s stand at the Automnales, where they were welcomed by enthusiastic volunteers
From 20 to 24 November, head over to the Main Building (500) to find out about waste sorting and recycling at CERN
The LHC’s 2017 proton run has ended with record luminosity. The special runs will now take place before the winter shutdown
Steven Weinberg’s iconic paper, A Model of Leptons, was published in 1967 and determined the direction for high-energy particle physics research
The German doctoral student programme has trained 122 students since 2007
If you also want to become a penetration tester and identify potential areas for improving CERN’s computer security sign up to the WhiteHat Challenge
The competition featured students working on exciting challenges within both high-energy physics and other research domains
The LHC’s 2017 proton run has ended with record luminosity. The special runs will now take place before the winter shutdown.
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) discussed projects that will safeguard the future of accelerator-based particle physics
CERN, the International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC) and STFC are developing medical linear accelerators for low- and middle-income countries
Pass on CERN’s passion for science at Geneva’s Automnales fair, where the Laboratory will be the guest of honour.