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Anaïs Schaeffer is a reporter for the CERN communications group.
The penultimate stage of the 2013 Tour de France, the Annecy-Semnoz time-trial, has already been won – by a CERN staff member
Duelling guitars, a giant particle detector and a teenage scientist – move over, Alpenhorn, it's time to rock out at CMS
This year, the Advisory Committee of CERN Users (ACCU) celebrates its 25th anniversary
British sociologist Tom Shakespeare spoke yesterday at CERN about disability and particle physics
Electrical-quality-assurance testing of superconducting circuits is underway in sector 3-4 of the LHC
This week, CERN received the latest new transformers for the Super Proton Synchroton
This month a beam of negative hydrogen ions was injected into the first accelerator module of Linac 4
A standing stone outside the CERN Control Centre neatly sums up our understanding of the universe
The 9th International Masterclasses in particle physics kicked off today, linking high school students around the world by video-conference
Starting in January, the CERN Fire Brigade will use TETRA - a new digital radio communication system designed to meet emergency communication needs
CERN is working together with an Italian company to develop superconducting cables that can function at temperatures of up to 25 K (-248°C)
A CERN-Fermilab team has developed a new magnet that will be a valuable asset to the HL-LHC, the next step of for LHC machine