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A competition launched last year by CERN in collaboration with the Prince of Asturias Foundation brought particle physics to students in Spain
Across the PS complex teams have seen the opening of state-of-the-art access points in compliance with the highest nuclear safety standards
François de Rose, a founding father of CERN, publishes his memoirs during the year of CERN’s 60th anniversary
Scientists working at LHC and Tevatron colliders join forces to produce more precise measurement of the mass of the top quark
CMS experiment tracker subdetector passed recent master cold tests, showing it is ready for higher-intensity running
This year CERN celebrates its 60th anniversary – could this be the earliest photograph of the laboratory?
Make the most of the special lunchtime sessions of the CineGlobe International Film Festival 18-23 March in the Globe of Science and Innovation
The 4th CineGlobe International Film Festival will take place from 18 to 23 March at CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation in Meyrin, Switzerland
Issue 9 of Accelerating News, a quarterly publication for the accelerator community, is now available
In March 1989 Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal to develop a radical new way of linking and sharing information: the World Wide Web
CERN is hosting a Raspberry Pi programming day on 12 April 2014. This event is free, but it is necessary to sign up to be able to attend