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Corinne Pralavorio works in the CERN communications group, managing the content section's writing team.
Museum directors and science outreach experts visited CERN on the occasion of the annual ECSITE meeting
The FRESCA2 magnet, which will serve as a test station for the superconductors of the future, has set a new record of 14.6 teslas
A year after the discovery of a new doubly charmed baryon, LHCb announces the measurement of its lifetime
On the 5th anniversary of the Higgs discovery announcement, we asked you where you were when you heard this result
Protons have been circulating in the Large Hadron Collider since Friday 30 March, marking the start of the machine’s seventh year of operation
The new Building houses equipment for the surface treatment of vacuum equipment and the production of printed circuit boards
For 14 weeks this winter teams are carrying out maintenance and upgrade work on the LHC
Before the LHC was shut down for the winter, the operators tested techniques under development for its successor, the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)
CERN was the guest of honour at the Automnales, Geneva’s huge annual fair: ten days of encounters and exchanges with the general public.
Tens of thousands of people visited CERN’s stand at the Automnales, where they were welcomed by enthusiastic volunteers
The LHC’s 2017 proton run has ended with record luminosity. The special runs will now take place before the winter shutdown.
Pass on CERN’s passion for science at Geneva’s Automnales fair, where the Laboratory will be the guest of honour.