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Abha Eli Phoboo is a science communicator for the ATLAS collaboration. She also writes for TEDxCERN.
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The Serbian flag was raised today at a ceremony on the Esplanade des Particules to mark the country’s accession as CERN’s 23rd Member State
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How we produce, share and preserve knowledge has transformed with advancements in technology and changes in publishing methods, especially in research
Arts at CERN announces two residencies for Swiss artists: Collide Pro Helvetia and Simetría
All the talks from TEDxCERN 2015 from using virtual reality in education to surfing wakefields, are now available online
Vote online now for a Lego replica of the LHC, created by an ATLAS PhD student
CERN physicists travelled to Nepal and India to bring a plethora of particle physics events to schools, universities and public venues
An overview of the experiment written by physicists Monica Dunford and Peter Jenni has been published on the peer-reviewed website Scholarpedia
An article about ATLAS is the first in a series on experimental high-energy physics to appear on the peer-reviewed website
All 17 talks and three TED-Ed animations from TEDxCERN 2014 are now available to watch online