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The CERN Alumni Network First Collisions event will be held on Friday, 2 and Saturday, 3 February.
The emergency stop tests of the West area and the ISR area on the Meyrin site are planned on Saturday 3 February, from 7 :00 am to 8:00 pm
Maintenance, upgrades and new equipment for the accelerator complex during the year-end technical stop
Last week, I had the privilege of co-chairing the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos
The annual tests of the 18 kV commutation system require electrical power cuts on the normal and machine network of the Meyrin site
The two winning teams of BL4S edition 2016 finalized scientific papers about their conducted experiments
A new supplier will be operating the CERN regular and on-demand shuttle services, as of 1 February
On 24 January, His Excellency Mr Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, visited CERN
After passing the pilot phase, the new programme will now open up to five more countries
In accordance with decisions taken by Council in December 2017, certain financial benefits impacting salaries and stipends have been adjusted
