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Rolf Heuer is the Director-General of CERN.
CERN has a very clear policy on fraud: prevention, those reporting it are protected from recrimination, and zero-tolerance should fraud be uncovered
The Particle Physics Project Prioritisation Panel is the US equivalent of the European Strategy update
CERN’s 60th anniversary is all about celebrating 60 years of science for peace with people who matter to us - high on that list are our neighbours
Education is a recurring theme of our 60th anniversary year, says CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer
Signed just two weeks ago, the new CERN-ESA agreement is already bearing fruit
Poignant is the word that comes to mind this week, a week in which we lost the last surviving founding father of CERN, François de Rose
Rolf Heuer on a week that included BICEP2's announcement on gravitational waves, Moriond, joint Tevatron-LHC results and a new director for TRIUMF
Rolf Heuer on how basic research at CERN expands human knowledge, inspires the young and provides impetus to scientific and technical education
With international women’s day coming up, it's time to take a look at how far we’ve come over recent years in promoting gender equality at CERN
At the start of CERN’s 60th anniversary year, the current director-general looks at the organization’s role in bringing nations together
This week and next see a series of meetings looking at the future of CERN, and indeed of particle physics, says Director-General Rolf Heuer
As the LHC’s first long shutdown, LS1, enters its second calendar year, it’s a good time for a mid-term report on how things are progressing