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  • Registration is open for the Women and Girls in Science and Technology week!

    Registration is open for the Women and Girls in Science and Technology week!

    Registration is open for the Women and Girls in Science and Technology week! From 30 January to 3 February 2023, female scientists and engineers will be visiting local schools to get young people excited about science. Register your class now! 11 February is the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In 2023,

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  • Six local school pupils light up the Globe with their scientific projects

    Six local school pupils light up the Globe with their scientific projects

    Six local school pupils light up the Globe with their scientific projects CERN hosted Partage ta science, the cross-border scientific symposium, in the Globe of Science and Innovation on Friday, 14 October 2022. For the eleventh time in a row, Partage ta science, an event organised by and for young people, took place at CERN.

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  • Reopening of the Route de Meyrin after pipe burst incident

    Reopening of the Route de Meyrin after pipe burst incident Today at around 11 a.m. a pipe supplying CERN with water, burst under the road close to the French-Swiss border in Meyrin. The Route de Meyrin between the Route de l’Europe in France and the Route du Mandement in Switzerland was closed from 11 a.m.

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  • Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open!

    Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open!

    Registration for “Expanding Your Horizons” is now open! On Saturday, 12 November 2022, “Expanding Your Horizons” will be back with a day full of fun and hands-on activities aimed at motivating girls to engage with science and maths. The non-profit organisation, “Expanding Your Horizons – Geneva” (EYH), will host the seventh edition of its biennial

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  • CERN takes part in the Fête de la science in three towns in the Ain department

    CERN takes part in the Fête de la science in three towns in the Ain department

    CERN takes part in the Fête de la science in three towns in the Ain department Bourg-en-Bresse, Ferney-Voltaire and Saint-Genis-Pouilly will host several events involving the participation of scientists from CERN. The 31st edition of the Fête de la science is back with a bang in the Ain department, with this year’s theme the topical

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  • CERN supports the La nuit est belle! initiative for the third year running

    CERN supports the La nuit est belle! initiative for the third year running

    CERN supports the La nuit est belle! initiative for the third year running The clouds may have stymied the CERN astronomy club’s planned stargazing event, but the switch-off of all public lighting made the night more beautiful. Related articles

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  • Unconventional music concert at CERN to celebrate 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize

    Unconventional music concert at CERN to celebrate 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize

    Unconventional music concert at CERN to celebrate 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize The event, which was due to be held in 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19, will take place on 19 October 2022 at the Globe of Science and Innovation. In December 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded a Nobel Prize in

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  • Microcosm closes its doors

    Microcosm closes its doors

    Microcosm closes its doors Microcosm permanent exhibition has permanently closed on 18 September 2022 Microcosm permanent exhibition has permanently closed on 18 September 2022 due to construction works for the Science Gateway, CERN new visitors centre, to open in summer 2023. In the meantime, Universe of Particles permanent exhibition in the Globe of Science and

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  • La nuit est belle! at CERN – 23 September

    La nuit est belle! at CERN – 23 September

    La nuit est belle! at CERN – 23 September The CERN Astronomy Club will host a stargazing event at CERN as part of the “la nuit est belle!” On 23 September, CERN, for the third year running, will join Greater Geneva in turning off its public lighting as part of the “La nuit est belle!”

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  • Science Gateway: traffic disruption on the Route de Meyrin expected at night from 29 August to 6 September

    Science Gateway: traffic disruption on the Route de Meyrin expected at night from 29 August to 6 September

    Science Gateway: traffic disruption on the Route de Meyrin expected at night from 29 August to 6 September Scaffolding around the bridge linking the two tubular structures of the Science Gateway will be installed between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on 29, 30 and 31 August and 1 and 5 September CERN’s new flagship building

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