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On 15 July, CERN welcomed spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari
On 13 July, a new exhibition about CERN opens in Milan, Italy, with free entry to those with a CERN access card
On 13 July, a new exhibition about CERN in Milan, Italy will welcome people from all corners of the globe
The LHCb collaboration announces the observation of four “exotic” particles from its analysis of the LHC data
The ICARUS detector is being refurbished at CERN, before being sent to the US in search of sterile neutrinos
The ICARUS detector is being refurbished before being sent to the US in search of sterile neutrinos
Virtual visits give CMS collaborators in Seoul chance to introduce students to particle physics
The first ever beam has been sent through AWAKE as part of the testing and commissioning of the experiment
The LHCP2016 conference presents new physics results on data collected in 2015 at the LHC
Newly-launched Quantizer platform transforms ATLAS events into music
CERN’s CLOUD experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate in two Nature papers published today
