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Austin Ball of the CMS collaboration looks back at the vast amount of work done during LS1 and some of the challenges that arose along the way
The CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC have observed a very rare decay. An important milestone in the search for hints of new physics
Over the past year, the "Lonely Chairs at CERN" photography blog has let the chairs do the talking
Watch 11 physicists from the LHC experiments ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb explain what they hope to discover during the accelerator's second run
A new agreement between the United States and the CERN signed today will pave the way for renewed collaboration in particle physics
Official notification that Turkey has ratified Association Agreement arrived at CERN today
This morning, for the first time in two years, proton-proton collisions were delivered to the LHC experiments at injection energy: 450 GeV per beam
The first acceleration module of HIE-ISOLDE has been installed. The new accelerator will increase the energy of CERN’s nuclear physics facility
CERN's official engagement with the arts announces three winning art projects and an open call for Collide @ CERN in digital arts
The High Energy and Particle Physics (HEPP) Division of the European Physical Society (EPS) has announced the winners of its 2015 prizes
After both beams having been ramped to their full energy of 6.5 TeV, the last two weeks saw the beam commissioning process advancing on many fronts
CERN representatives take part today in the International Girls in ICT Day organised by International Telecommunication Union (ITU)