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Today Androulla Vassiliou is visiting CERN to meet young researchers supported by the EU Marie Curie Actions
The experiments release combined spin measurements for the Higgs boson for the first time
This week, technicians opened up the first interconnections between LHC magnets to work on accelerator components inside
Today at CERN, physicists and engineers from the LHC-injector accelerators presented their plans for upgrades during long shutdown
LHC experiments release a scattering of Higgs-candidate data to the public
The MapCERN application is now available for download on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
CERN signs a new collaboration agreement with industry to transfer accelerator technology to the medical field
The Google Science Fair competition deadline closes on 30 April at midnight PDT. If you are aged 13-18, it may be your turn to change the world
CERN scientists team up with TED-Ed animators to bring you the first of a series of five animations about physics
