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Up to four projects can be funded for disruptive applications outside the field of high-energy physics, from medtech to aerospace and beyond
Pre-registration is open for the fourth annual Beamline for Schools competition
A new tool for building superconducting magnet coils for High-Luminosity LHC and future particle accelerators arrives at CERN
On 17 July 2016, Romania became the twenty-second Member State of CERN
Some 142 CERN teams cycled more than twice around the Earth in the thirteenth year of Switzerland’s Bike2Work initiative
On 13 July, a new exhibition about CERN opens in Milan, Italy, with free entry to those with a CERN access card
On 13 July, a new exhibition about CERN in Milan, Italy will welcome people from all corners of the globe
The LHC is off to an excellent start in 2016, having already produced the triple the luminosity production of 2015
Improvements are coming to CERN’s Wi-Fi service as connectivity is improved in offices, restaurants and meeting rooms
The LHCb collaboration announces the observation of four “exotic” particles from its analysis of the LHC data
The new linear accelerator, which from 2020 will be the first link in the accelerator chain, has entered a new stage of its commissioning