An operator of the Meyrin Control Room for almost 10 years, who later led the telephone-exchange infrastructure at CERN

Valued member of the Data Handling division who used his command of languages to help users with technical queries

The space-shuttle crew laid a European Physical Society plaque at high-altitude research centre <em>Les Cosmiques</em> near <em>Mont Blanc</em>

Now the dust has settled, we can take stock of the momentous events of 4 July

Twelve talented students aged 15-18 got to spend a week at CERN as part of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair prize

The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year &ndash; on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre

Discussions under way for possible re-use of LEIR accelerator

Katie Kemp, an 18-year-old from Seattle, visited CERN with help from a charitable foundation

A mixed bag of operations and the development of special optics mean the LHC is on track for as much luminosity as possible before the long shutdown