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CERN launches internship programme for high-school students

The first High-School Students Internship Programme at CERN was launched in May 2017

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At CERN
02 June, 2017

Kick-off for the 2017 LHC physics season

Data-taking has started again at the LHC: the experiments are continuing their exploration of physics at the unprecedented energy of 13 TeV.

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Physics
23 May, 2017

200th spacewalk upgrades Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The 200th ISS spacewalk included a new installation on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)

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Experiments
19 May, 2017

Pioneering SESAME light source officially opened

Allan, Jordan, 16 May 2017. The SESAME light source was today officially opened by His Majesty King Abdullah II.

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At CERN
16 May, 2017
At CERN
Press release
16 May, 2017

LHC: preparations for a new season of physics

Adjustments to the thousands of pieces of equipment making up the LHC are ongoing before data taking can start for 2017

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Accelerators
15 May, 2017

LIVE: ESA astronauts answer questions on physics in space

On Friday 12 May at 4:30pm CEST, we will be live on Facebook, from the CERN Data Centre, with three European astronauts answering your questions

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Experiments
12 May, 2017

SHINE software shows data using virtual reality

New software allows you to visualise in 3D exactly what tracks particles leave inside the NA61/SHINE experiment

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Experiments
11 May, 2017

Watch drone footage of CERN's data centre

Drone freestyle and racing world class champion Chad Nowak came to CERN to record acrobatic footage

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Computing
10 May, 2017

A brand new linear accelerator for CERN

At a ceremony today, CERN inaugurated its linear accelerator, Linac 4, the newest accelerator acquisition since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

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Accelerators
09 May, 2017
Accelerators
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09 May, 2017

CERN CASTs new limits on dark matter

The CAST experiment at CERN announces new limits on the properties of axions, exotic particles that are candidates for dark matter

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Experiments
01 May, 2017
Experiments
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01 May, 2017