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Bringing physics training to Africa
The African School of Physics was held in Ghana this summer, where lecturers from CERN shared their expertise with 50 motivated students
CERN experiments to present latest on quark-gluon plasma
Heavy-ion experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will present their latest results at the Quark Matter 2012 conference
Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago
Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays
Over one million followers reached in CERN TweetUp
Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space
LHC update: 3 August 2012
Good performance followed recovery from extended luminosity calibration runs
Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS
On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS
Endeavour astronauts mark 100 years of cosmic-ray research
The space-shuttle crew laid a European Physical Society plaque at high-altitude research centre <em>Les Cosmiques</em> near <em>Mont Blanc</em>
Endeavour astronauts to visit CERN
The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year – on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre
Google Science Fair winner Shree Bose visits CERN
As part of her prize package, last year's winner Shree Bose won a trip to CERN, which coincided with announcement of a new, Higgs-like particle
Could LEIR serve biomedicine?
At a recent brainstorming meeting at CERN, over 200 scientists discussed the possibility of modifying LEIR to serve the biomedical community