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CERN physicists travelled to Nepal and India to bring a plethora of particle physics events to schools, universities and public venues
With ‘LHC Season 2’ starting soon, running at a new high energy, the LHC key is handed back to the machine operators today
Want to conduct an experiment at a fully operational CERN beamline? Just over 3 weeks left to register for the Beamline for schools competition!
CERN Director General and the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission sign a document admitting Pakistan to CERN Associate Membership
A look back at the some of the stories in the laboratory's 60th anniversary year
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has been collecting data on some of the most violent collisions in the universe
The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K
The deadline for applications is 28 February 2015
ISOLDE is holding a special 50th anniversary edition of its annual workshop to celebrate the approval of the programme in 1964
Recollections of CERN’s early days from the CERN Archives
CERN teams are carrying out all required tests to get proton beams back in the LHC for March 2015
Among other decisions, the appointment of Fabiola Gianotti as next CERN Director-General was formalised by a unanimous vote of Council
