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The ATLAS Collaboration has analyzed its full Run 1 data sample of seven and eight TeV proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC
Take part in the free activities organized by CERN Clubs to celebrate the laboratory's 60th anniversary
SWITCH enables collaborators to access online services at participating research institutions in Switzerland with a single username and password
Yesterday CERN scientists took to Reddit to answer questions about life and work at CERN. Here are some highlights
CERN's ability to innovate attracts creative, ambitious individuals such that "success breeds success in innovation," note authors of OECD report
Learn about the European Spallation Source, and Jim Yeck, who is taking charge of the project in its construction phase, in the latest CERN Courier
ATLAS presented new results at the Large Hadron Collider Physics (LHCP) Conference in Columbia University, New York, 2-7 June
On 2 June the PS Booster had beam for the first time since the beginning of LS1
The two student teams – from Greece and the Netherlands – will carry out experiments at CERN in September. Watch videos from their winning proposals
A new projection system breathes life into the Synchrocyclotron, an accelerator that has been dormant since 1990
ALPHA reports a measurement of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms, finding it to be compatible with zero to eight decimal places