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Anaïs Schaeffer is a reporter for the CERN communications group.
In 2018, the Women In Technology group launched a pilot mentoring programme with 11 mentor-mentee pairs to offer guidance to young CERN colleagues
A team from CERN and the IPP in Prague has developed a laser beam with remarkable properties that has potential applications in many fields
This year, four CERN technical apprentices were awarded their "certificat fédéral de capacité"
On 11 September, CERN received a visit from Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
The President of Slovenia and the President of the Swiss Confederation visit CERN on 20 and 21 June, respectively
Discover the new aerial photos of CERN taken by drone at gis.cern.ch. You’ll be amazed by the level of detail
Don’t miss the metrology laboratory’s open day on 6 June when its state-of-the-art tomograph will be on display
CERN has decided to fight stress, which can have negative health effects
From 20 to 24 November, head over to the Main Building (500) to find out about waste sorting and recycling at CERN
We meet some of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, on the 150th anniversary of the exceptional scientist’s birth
Carlo Baccigalupi, a CERN PhD, was awarded Italy’s 2017 Carlo Offelli Prize for his PhD dissertation
CERN and the HUG combined their efforts in an accident simulation