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The CERN Grey Book database, which stores data on the laboratory’s research programme, has been revamped
Check out a new podcast from particle physicists Tova Holmes and Laura Jeanty that brings you right to the heart of the ATLAS collaboration
There will be an open symposium about the SHiP project from 2pm to 6pm on 2 July in CERN's Main Auditorium (500-1-001)
From cloud chambers to 3D animations, physicists use a host of ingenious techniques to reveal subatomic particles too tiny to see
Next week, the LHC experiments will start taking data for the LHC's second run. Find out how they used the long shutdown to upgrade their detectors
The CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC have observed a very rare decay. An important milestone in the search for hints of new physics
The first acceleration module of HIE-ISOLDE has been installed. The new accelerator will increase the energy of CERN’s nuclear physics facility
An international approach for a new 1000 km experiment
The world’s largest liquid-argon neutrino detector will find a new home across the Atlantic Ocean at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station will be the focus of the three-day “AMS Days at CERN” meeting