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The LHC will restart in May 2021 and Run 3 will be extended by one year
The BDF facility is being designed for dark matter and hidden sector experiments
The latest ESSRI workshop brought together experts from national and international organisations to discuss energy management at scientific institutes
On the Internet, you must be vigilant and careful when being presented with links, posts, URLs, e-mails, webpages or attachments
25 women working at CERN contributed to the sixth bi-annual "Expanding your Horizons (EYH) - Geneva" event at the University of Geneva
Work is in progress to modernise the fire protection system in the SPS
Audio and tactile content have already been installed to make the Microcosm exhibition and the visit itineraries accessible to all
Our two surveys – of CERN fellows and of CERN staff – received a high response rate. Recordings of the presentation of the results are available
A game being developed at CERN will guide participants on a unique journey
The first-of-its-kind detector could initiate a new era in neutrino physics at particle colliders
The socioeconomic and cultural benefits from upgrading the Large Hadron Collider exceed the project’s costs
The third spacewalk will see astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan install the new cooling pump system for the AMS detector tracker
