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Join us at the Third Collisions event, “Accelerating Beyond”, taking place at CERN on 9 – 11 February
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Register now to join world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma for a unique evening of music and physics, with CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti
On 17 November, Dr Nicole Yunger Halpern, theoretical physicist, will give a talk as part of the CERN QTI lecture series
A new Voxxed Days event is coming to CERN on 22 and 23 January 2024, and everyone is invited
Quantum technology is among the biggest talking points on the web. And yet, the general feeling is that only experts can understand it. The Sparks! Forum at CERN aims to prove this wrong
