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The Director-General explains the rationale behind the new rules on working at CERN in a three minutes-long video
The construction of the project is planned to kickstart later this year, a crucial step towards CERN’s dream emblem of science communication
The 2020 edition of Bike to Work starts in September
The survey, aimed at the high-energy physics community and prepared by the Diversity and Inclusion panel at ICHEP2020, will be open until 31 August
Former CERN director Horst Wenninger played key roles in the approval of the LHC and in firmly establishing knowledge transfer at CERN
The Jardin des Particules, the crèche and nursery school run by the Staff Association, is moving into a new building
Newly updated health and safety measures based on the latest advice from the WHO and our Host States have just been published
Some 200 000 colour stills have been scanned in the interest of preservation and ease of access
