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After a week of preparations for operation at higher intensity, physics data collection has resumed at the LHC
CERN will be back at the Montreux Jazz Festival for its third annual workshop: ‘The Physics of Music and The Music of Physics’ on 9 July at 3pm
Check out a new podcast from particle physicists Tova Holmes and Laura Jeanty that brings you right to the heart of the ATLAS collaboration
This afternoon will see the 50th meeting of the INTC, with presentations on progress from ISOLDE, HIE-ISOLDE and nTOF, among others
There will be an open symposium about the SHiP project from 2pm to 6pm on 2 July in CERN's Main Auditorium (500-1-001)
At CERN today, public research organisations and e‐infrastructures will come together with commercial cloud-computing suppliers
A breakthrough for klystrons, hollow e-lenses, a gender-balance roadmap and more from the June 2015 issue
One week of LHC operation is being devoted to scrubbing the beam pipes to eliminate electron clouds, which can destabilise the beam
On 24 June CERN's mobile phone operator changes; find out what you need to do to make the switch
CERN hosted the 11 young students who won the CERN Special Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2015
MAPCERN users can now navigate many CERN sites with the new Google Street View feature
Google Street Views of many CERN sites are now available directly from Google Maps