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On 19 January, Roberto Saban was named a Commander of the Italian Republic
Half of Route Rutherford, between building 361 and building 271, will be closed to traffic from Friday 10 February 7 a.m. to Friday 7 April 5.30 p.m.
The emergency stop tests of the area 10 on the Prévessin site are planned on Saturday 4 March 2017 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The results of the survey carried out by the CERN Nursery Services Working Group are available on the Diversity Office website
The 2016 – 2017 extended year-end technical stop features powering tests, magnet exchange, dump replacement, emptying the LHC of helium, and lifts!
Frédérick Bordry gives an overview of the 2017 LHC performance workshop in Chamonix
CERN & Society discusses its new Digital Library workshop in Ghana following a computer server donation in 2012
The Fifth Thematic School of Computing (tCSC 2017) takes place this year in Split, Croatia, from 4-10 June 2017
The tests of the 18 kV commutation system of the Meyrin site are planned on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February 2017 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
International Masterclasses organisers are looking for physicists at CERN to moderate videoconferences with high school students
A new IT tool will make life easier, particularly for those of us who have several vehicles
