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After a long voyage, CERN’s newest and biggest power transformer is ready to reign over the BE2 electrical substation
TEDxCERN 2018 hosted speakers from the digital world and life science experts who gave talks that inspired a worldwide audience
The beam screen for the High-Luminosity LHC will be installed by 2024 in the aperture of the inner triplet superconducting magnets near ATLAS and CMS
Nearly 90% of High-Energy Physics publications are funded by SCOAP³
An important protection component for the High-Luminosity LHC has been successfully tested at the HiRadMat facility
TEDxCERN 2018 is happening in the heart of Geneva, but you can attend it from anywhere in the world
CERN’s challenge based innovation (CBI) course is now being adopted by the University of Tampere in Finland
An upgrade to the “Small Wheels”, the innermost sections of the ATLAS muon end-cap system, will help ATLAS cope with the conditions at the HL-LHC
Nature still has a foothold amidst the tangle of CERN’s industrial infrastructure. A biodiversity tour of the Laboratory
A record 992 CERN people participated in the 2018 Bike to Work campaign
HALO, an artwork conceived during the artists’ residency at CERN and inspired by ATLAS data will be exhibited from 13 to 17 June at Art Basel.
Major renovation work will reduce energy consumption and improve the reliability and safety of the experiment hall