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Watch CERN's Director for Research and Scientific Computing Sergio Bertolucci speaking from Braga, Portugal, at 6pm CET
High schoolers from Europe and the US paid a recent virtual visit to CMS at CERN and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica
For Lluis Miralles Verge, infrastructures come second to the people behind them
Applications are open for the CERN summer student programme. Deadline is 31 January 2014 - just two days from now
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is holding the 12th Industrial Exhibition “Germany at CERN” today and tomorrow
Applications are now open for "Grid and Cloud Computing concepts and practical applications" in Varenna, Italy
On 27 January 1971 beams of protons collided in the Intersecting Storage Rings for the first time
Researchers who need to test parts for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider are taking advantage of Fermilab's Test Beam Facility
Registration for the FCC meeting in Geneva 12-15 February is now open - deadline 31 January
Are you passionate about communicating about science? Take part in this year's FameLab Swiss heats to be held at CERN on 27 March
In this CERN Courier article Roger Barlow recalls the ideas that motivated the Particle Physics Masterclasses in the UK, back in 1996
Applications to the 2014 school, which will be held in the Netherlands, are open until 21 February