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A series of ATLAS Virtual Visits this week are inspiring physics students in North Africa
This year's relay race around the Meyrin site will start at 12.15pm today
Ian Foster, one of the founders of grid computing, on the challenges of big data
This June, CERN will take part in the Swiss "Bike to Work" campaign once again
Oscillation effects in the Bs meson system provide a window on physics beyond the Standard Model. Find out more in the webcast at 11am CET
The first Personnel Access Door of the new PS Complex access system is now operational at the PS Booster
This week, work began to upgrade and replace more than 100 Uninterruptible Power Supplies in the LHC
The 8th Physics Week of the ALICE Collaboration will take place in Padova, Italy, from 19-24 May 2013
The awards were presented at a conference in Shanghai on 17 May
In this animated lesson for TED-Ed, CERN physicists David Barney and Steven Goldfarb use the Socratic method to explain the Higgs boson
CERN will open its doors to the general public on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 2013
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