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Centenary of the birth of Wim Klein, CERN's first computer
Before electronic computers were widely available at CERN, a Dutchman called Willem "Wim" Klein performed astonishing feats of mental arithmetic
QuarkNet physics-education programme gains global reach
A professional-development programme created in the US to help teachers explain particle physics has caught on across the world
ENLIGHT: Ten years on
The European Network for Light Ion Therapy (ENLIGHT) was founded ten years ago to build a community of professionals in the field of hadrontherapy
Google Science Fair winner visits CERN
Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited key sites including the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre
Contributing to LHC science (transatlantic travel optional)
Physicists can participate in the CMS experiment round the clock from a remote operations centre at Fermilab, near Chicago in the US
Llewellyn Smith talks CERN, SESAME, and a Higgs-like boson
Last week, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, ex-Director-General Chris Llewellyn Smith talked to the CERN visual media service
ATLAS prepares for upgrades
The ATLAS collaboration is preparing a series of upgrades to their detector for the coming long shutdown of the LHC
A bouquet of options: Higgs factory ideas bloom
Proposals to build colliders that churn out the new Higgs-like particle are gathering momentum. But what would these colliders look like?
Seminar in honour of Chris Llewellyn Smith
An all-day seminar at CERN today will celebrate the career of the ex-Director-General of CERN
Clinical trials using carbon ions begin at CNAO
This week, for the first time at the CNAO hadrontherapy centre in Italy, a beam of carbon ions was used to treat a cancer patient