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On Monday 15 and Thursday 18 August, this year’s CERN openlab summer students will present their work in dedicated public ‘lighting talk’ sessions
CERN and its partners from the EIROforum network participate in the EuroScience Open Forum, Europe’s largest public-facing scientific event
The newsletter will be issued quarterly. Sign up to remain informed about the latest initiatives of the CERN & Society programme!
Up to four projects can be funded for disruptive applications outside the field of high-energy physics, from medtech to aerospace and beyond
Pre-registration is open for the fourth annual Beamline for Schools competition
On 17 July 2016, Romania became the twenty-second Member State of CERN
Some 142 CERN teams cycled more than twice around the Earth in the thirteenth year of Switzerland’s Bike2Work initiative
Let us know your needs to better plan the transition to a new CERN telephony system
Fragment.In are the winning artists of COLLIDE Pro Helvetia. They came to CERN for two months in 2015, and will now continue their last month at CERN.
Find out the best photos of the 2015 CERN Photowalk competition in the Microcosm.
