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Director-General Rolf Heuer on his first major UN forum since CERN was granted observer status
Certain areas of the car park near the CERN kindergarten and the parking Les Cèdres will be cleaned on Thursday 18 July - please remove all vehicles
Grants will be awarded to two production companies to develop media to get kids aged 8 to 12 interested in science
Make-A-Wish visitor Callum Kerr had his dream come true with a trip to CERN
Entrance C has been altered to include a turnstile to allow cyclists and pedestrians to use their access card to get in
A packed CERN auditorium today enjoyed Scottish reels and airs played by the 100-strong Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra
Comic-book artist Remco Polman delivers the first pages of a comic about particle physics, co-written with high school students on a visit to CERN
Claims for educations fees for the academic year 2011/12 must be submitted by the end of August this year
Sign up now to volunteer for the CERN Open Days in September
On Saturday, 28 and Sunday, 29 September, CERN will open up its installations to the general public
The vacancy notices for posts opened with a view to the award of indefinite contracts will be published on 9 August 2013 for a period of four weeks