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At the beginning of March, the CMS collaboration installed an important part of its detector: its second-generation Pixel Tracker
This week the CMS collaboration is replacing the heart of its detector: its tracking system
The CMS detector’s tracking system, which determines the trajectories of charged particles, is being replaced this week at Point 5
Virtual visits give CMS collaborators in Seoul chance to introduce students to particle physics
CERN conducted its fourth reddit AMA to discuss the recent release of 300 terabytes of data from the CMS collaboration
The CMS collaboration makes 300 TB of high-quality data from the LHC available to the public through the CERN Open Data Portal
Fermilab’s Joel Butler will take the reins of the CMS collaboration in September
A new Study Group aims to bring CERN people together to share knowledge about programming and collaborate on open-research projects
This week, IdeaSquare at CERN is one of the host sites for a global hackathon for open-science projects and tools
The experimental cavern played host to hundreds of young guests, who visited the detector during the last major CMS outreach event of long shutdown 1
CERN featured prominently at the EuroScience Open Forum 2014, held between 22 and 26 June in Copenhagen, Denmark
The High Expansion Foam System is the last line of defence against fire in the CMS cavern