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  • A meeting at the United Nations on gender equality

    Engineer Laurette Ponce of the CERN Control Centre spoke of her career in science and technology at a recent UN meeting on gender equality

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  • The role of science on the world stage

    Maurizio Bona comments the celebration of CERN’s 60th anniversary at UN Headquarters in New York on 20 October

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  • Bringing science to the policy table

    Presentations at the UN’s New York headquarters used CERN as an example of the vital importance of science for peace

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  • The GHOST in the machine

    New software based on CERN’s particle simulation toolkit Geant4 is being used to assess radiation doses in cancer treatment

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  • CERN is granted the status of observer to the United Nations General Assembly

    Geneva, 14 December 2012. The United Nations General Assembly in New York today adopted a resolution granting CERN1 observer status. This status gives the Organization the right to participate in the work of the General Assembly and to attend its sessions as an observer. “It’s a great honour for CERN to accede to the status

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