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Corinne Pralavorio works in the CERN communications group, managing the content section's writing team.
The LHC has chalked up a series of new records, providing its experiments with a torrent of new data
CERN’s Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group has contributed to the development of vacuum chambers for MAX IV, the new synchrotron in Sweden
40 years ago this week, the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerated its first particles
Higher intensity beams are circulating in the LHC providing more and more collisions to the experiments
The first low-intensity stable beams have been declared in the LHC following the restart in March 2016
In the fifth part of our “In Theory” series, we take a look at the relationship between theorists and experimental physicists
After a year of work, the newly renovated Globe of Science and Innovation will open its doors again at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 19 April.
A preliminary short prototype of the quadrupole magnets for the High-Luminosity LHC has passed its first tests
CERN’s new Mobility Centre, allowing you to switch easily from one mode of transport to another, has just been officially opened
Fasten your seatbelts for a grand world tour in the fourth installment of our 'In Theory' series
Congratulations to LIGO and Virgo for the first ever direct detection of gravitational waves
Hundreds of people were hard at work during the year-end technical stop as all the accelerators underwent maintenance and upgrade operations