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The CLIC study could transfer its X-band expertise to light sources and medical applications
Follow the action at the ICTR-PHE conference via the conference blog
A record-breaking seven schools and more than 500 students took part in a mass virtual visit to the CMS detector today
The first recipients of the ATLAS PhD Grant – a fund set up with award money from the Fundamental Physics Prize – begin their scholarships this year
Tune in at 11am CET to watch Olga Botner of Uppsala University talk about the latest from the IceCube cosmic ray detector near the South Pole
A team composed of CERN staff, industrial support and mechanics from Pakistan have given access to the last LHC splice for inspection
Two Norwegian school classes who recently visited CERN thanked their guides with physics-themed jumpers
From 10 to 14 February in Geneva, physicists, medical doctors and life-science experts will discuss innovative techniques in the fight against cancer
The RD51 electronics school at CERN this week had students examining high-tech readouts, trackers and detectors for particle physics
CERN will be celebrating its 60th anniversary this year - and Maria and Giuseppe Fidecaro have been at the laboratory since nearly the first day
With registration closed, the 455 teams must now make their case for why they should win the Beamline for Schools competition
Radiofrequency cavities built for the Large Electron Positron Collider are finding use on the SESAME project
