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A new committee is providing direction on the case for an electron–hadron collider, both at the LHC and at a Future Circular Collider complex
As of today, LHCb has new management
At UNESCO headquarters in Paris today, CERN and UNESCO are celebrating 60 years of science for peace. Watch the webcast
In preparation for the LHC's next run, physicists are calibrating the ATLAS experiment - with high-energy rays from outer space
CERN featured prominently at the EuroScience Open Forum 2014, held between 22 and 26 June in Copenhagen, Denmark
The Universe of Particles exhibition in CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation has won a certificate of excellence from the travel website TripAdvisor
Scientists from CERN examined the common ground between science, philosophy and theology at a Wilton Park meeting this week
Lison Bernet is the author of the cartoon strip "La BD du LHC", which she draws every month for LHC France
Anja Vest of the Technical University of Dresden presents recent results from ATLAS
Grand-prize winner Eric Chen visited the laboratory last week
Cool down of the Large Hadron Collider has already begun in preparation for research to resume early in 2015
