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Today, the new CERN-MEDICIS facility has produced radioisotopes for medical research for the first time. MEDICIS (Medical Isotopes Collected from ISOLDE) aims to provide a wide range of radioisotopes, some of which can be produced only at CERN.
The fourth Energy for Sustainable Science Workshop took place in the end of November at the Extreme Light Infrastructure’s Magurele-Bucharest campus
This week, CERN is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LHC experimental programme with a special scientific symposium looking at the LHC’s history
As the CHIS contribution rates are unchanged for 2018, the CHIS contributions for 2018 will only evolve if there is a change in the relevant Reference
The 2018 CERN-JINR European School of High-Energy Physics will be held in Maratea, Italy from 20 June to 3 July 2018
New procedure for remote access to Library electronic journals, ebooks and databases
The revised version of the Ordonnance sur l’assurance maladie (OAMal) solves the issues encountered by the family members of CERN employees
