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  • Linac 4 reached its energy goal

    Linac 4 reached its energy goal

    After having accelerated a beam up to the design energy of 160 MeV, Linac 4 is now entering a new phase of its commissioning

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  • TEDxCERN creates ‘ripples of curiosity’

    TEDxCERN creates ‘ripples of curiosity’

    CERN hosts its fourth TEDxCERN – “Ripples of Curiosity” – to explore how ideas in science, technology and education are converging and creating waves

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  • LHC smashes targets for 2016 run

    The target for the LHC integrated luminosity for 2016 was 25 inverse femtobarns. We reached 40.

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  • ARTS AT CERN announces three new open calls for artists

    ARTS AT CERN announces three new open calls for artists

    Three new calls have been opened for a South Korean, Croatian or Swiss artist

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  • Can ‘useless’ knowledge be useful?

    Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s Director-General, explains why knowledge for knowledge’s sake is the most valuable commodity we possess

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  • The end of computing’s steam age

    Cloud technology offers a promising solution for the computing needs of particle physics

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  • A global lab with a global mission

    It’s a dynamic mix of co-operation and competition that drives particle physics forward

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  • CERN announces winners of its 2016 beamline for schools competition

    CERN today announced the winners of its 2016 Beamline for Schools competition.Two teams of high-school students, “Pyramid hunters” (Poland) and “Relatively Special” (UK), have been selected to carry out their own experiments using a CERN accelerator beam.

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  • The HL-LHC: a bright vision

    Pushing the boundaries of current technology to extend the discovery potential of the LHC

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  • The CERN effect

    An opinion article from Sijbrand de Jong, President of CERN Council, on using innovation and knowledge so cutting-edge research can benefit society

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