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The 113th meeting of the SPS and PS experiments committee brings updates from NA62, AEGIS and GBAR among others. Watch the live webcast
For some Greek students, the journey to the world of particle physics starts at the primary school
CERN will share a stand with the European Space Agency at the world's largest industrial fair
CERN and the European Space Agency will present their spin-off technologies at the world’s biggest industrial fair
With nearly 300 teams submitting proposals for the CERN “Beamline for Schools” competition, which one will win?
An experiment conducted at CERN's ISOLDE facility may help scientists better to understand the collapse of massive stars
The event saw filmmakers, artists, and storytellers descend upon Geneva, but also computer programmers, web developers, and videogame designers
Arts@CERN is delighted to invite you to the Council Chamber at 1pm and meet visual artist Alberto Di Fabio
The CERN parking service requests that you take the new parking rules into account
From today, all of CERN's official communication channels are switching to exclusive use of the font Comic Sans. Find out how you can get involved
From today, all of CERN's official communication channels are switching to exclusive use of the font Comic Sans
At the Moriond conference CMS presented the best constraint yet of the Higgs boson “width”, a parameter that determines the particle’s lifetime