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Your passwords deserve the same care and attention as your car and house keys, your credit cards or your Smartphone
The restaurant area for official lunches and dinners has been renovated to create an elegant and high-tech setting
CERN openlab has published a white paper identifying the major ICT challenges that face CERN and other ‘big science’ projects in the coming years
Art McDonald spoke at CERN on the science of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and SNOLAB
LHCb presented a measurement of the masses of two charmonium particles, with a precision that is unprecedented at a collider for this type of particle
Superconductors are the primary focus of next week’s major EUCAS 2017 conference, which will also include events aimed at the general public
Frozen particles of gas falling from the LHC’s vacuum chambers into the beam could possibly be the explanation for the recent beam losses
An animation made with TED-ED to explore empty space and why it is important for experiments at CERN
Autumn conference season is fast approaching. Have you ever thought about how best to secure your laptop and smartphone while travelling?
24 high-school students from 24 different countries took part in the first S’Cool LAB Summer CAMP at CERN
Experts from CERN have shared their expertise on machine learning with Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business unit of Sanofi
CERN scientists welcomed the LIGO/Virgo gravitational waves community to look for synergies for future technologies