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Application of Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations
Agenda for the meeting to be held on Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 9.15 a.m. by video only (no in-person meeting)
Jacques Séguinot, a great detector physicist and a founding father of the Ring Imaging Cherenkov technique, passed away on 12 October 2020
An open hardware CERN design is helping people with hearing loss during the COVID-19 pandemic
The arrival of winter and the recently updated instructions from the Host State authorities in response to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic warrant stricter rules on mask-wearing at CERN
It is with great sadness that we inform you of Stephanie Zimmermann's sudden death on 10 November
All five CERN-coordinated projects submitted to the “Horizon 2020” Research Infrastructure calls have been approved for funding
Researchers and scientists will be able to enjoy open-access high-energy physics literature through SCOAP3 for two additional years
