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The polish physicist will serve for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2013
The project was awarded "Best Online Event" at an awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, last week
ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb are looking ahead to the 20-month shutdown from February 2013
The switch - a test for a longer proton-lead run scheduled for January to February 2013 - presented numerous technical challenges
The came for motivation, for answers, and 'because it's CERN' – participants in the July 2012 programme share their experiences
Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow, Poland, this week debated the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium
Today's HR report shows a beautiful round number of CERN personnel
The LHC has been in luminosity production mode for a couple of weeks - the total integrated luminosity for the year has passed 14 inverse femtobarns
A two-day event in building 500 offers the opportunity to meet key publishers and to browse and buy books at significant discounts
A model developed by a Belgian student has helped ISOLDE to perform sensitive measurements of franconium, one of the world's rarest elements
