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The Beamline for Schools competition gives high-school students the chance to run an experiment on a fully equipped CERN beamline
Two teams of high-school students from the UK and Poland had the opportunity to conduct their own experiments at a fully equipped CERN beamline
With the winners of the CERN Beamline for Schools 2016 competition on their way home, it is a good time to take a look at the CERN & Society programme
The Long-Term Collections (LTC) of the CERN staff celebrate 45 years at CERN by organising an exhibition in the Main Building from 11 to 14 October
Are you a science or technology teacher, or a student between 12 and 18 years old with a strong interest in science?
We deeply regret to announce the death of Nicolas Delruelle on 14 September 2016
On Tuesday 20 September 2016, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the induction programme
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Registration is now open for the CERN Accelerator School’s specialised course to be held in Erice, Italy from 10-19 March, 2017
Registration for the 2017 sessions of the JUAS and ESIPAP Schools is now open
Springer Nature will be present with a book and journal booth on 4 and 5 October, located as usual in the foyer of the Main Building