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As part of the 2016 European Union Contest for Young Scientists, Vladislav Gadalov was awarded a visit to CERN for his work in the field of computing
Laura Couto Rosado, winner of the "Collide Pro Helvetia" prize, looks forward to continuing her three-month residency at CERN
Are you passionate about science? Then come along to the 2017 CERN Summer Student Webfest on the weekend of 21 to 23 July!
Geneva, 6 July 2017. Today at the EPS Conference on High Energy Physics in Venice, the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has reported the observation of Ξcc++ (Xicc++) a new particle containing two charm quarks and one up quark.
On 4 July 2017, the Republic of Slovenia became an Associate Member State of CERN in pre-stage to Membership
Five years ago today marked a significant moment in the history of particle physics
MapCERN is an offline application that can help you find buildings, rooms or points of interest at CERN
On Friday, 30 June, the civil-engineering work for Building 311 was completed, with the final delivery of the building expected by the end of 2017
The training course took place on 6-16 June 2017 in Sweden
On Thursday 29 June 2017, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the Induction Programme
Laura Couto Rosado sees CERN as an ideal place to be inspired by science and to produce new works of art
Hélène Langevin-Joliot, physicist and granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, will give a lecture at CERN on 29 June 8.30 p.m. – follow the webcast!