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PARTNER – an innovative project to train young scientists in aspects of hadron therapy – has proved to be a great success
Some 27,000 electrical shunts have been added to connections between magnets on the LHC
The Lync system provides collaboration features such as phone calls, instant messaging, a presence indicator and integration with Exchange calendar
Are you a CERN person who uses social media? Be sure to read the CERN social media guidelines
As the LS1 draws to an end, teams move from installation projects to a phase of intense testing
A new, more intuitive version of the Engineering and Equipment Data Management Service (EDMS) is now available
MINERvA seeks to make precise measurements of neutrino cross-section on light and heavy nuclei
A new trigger system will expand what ATLAS scientists can look for during high-energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
Due to the serious “Heartbleed” vulnerability you will need to change your CERN passwords before 13 May 2014, failing which accounts may be blocked
Jian Wang of the Université libre de Bruxelles discusses Higgs boson width from off-shell production and decay to ZZ. Watch the webcast
The CERN Superconductors team recently obtained a world-record current of 20 kA at 24 K in a magnesium diboride (MgB<sub>2</sub>) superconductor