Category: News
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Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services
Reinforcing cooperation between the emergency services A tripartite agreement between CERN, France and Switzerland reinforces cooperation between their respective emergency services On 8 December, CERN and its two Host States signed a tripartite agreement concerning mutual assistance between their respective emergency services for rescue operations on the CERN site. In plain language, this agreement sets
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Geneva Mix & Mash is back!
Geneva Mix & Mash is back! Meet people from all over the world, locals and expats, who call Geneva home Following the success of the first edition of the Geneva Mix & Mash held on 13 September, the second edition will take place at Brasserie des Halles de l’île on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 starting
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Inauguration of the Route de l’Europe cycle path
Inauguration of the Route de l’Europe cycle path The new cycle path between the Meyrin and Prévessin sites was officially opened on Friday, 14 October Cycling between Meyrin and Prévessin just got better. Since the new cycle path on the Route de l’Europe opened a few days ago, cyclists can now get from one site
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European Researchers’ Night tours the Globe
European Researchers’ Night tours the Globe Success for the European Researchers’ Night, which attracted almost 600 visitors on 30 September Around 600 visitors came to CERN for the 2016 European Researchers’ Night held on 30 September of this year. The programme of events on offer at the Globe of Science and Innovation between 6 p.m.
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Coding Pi Science Day
Coding Pi Science Day Public event for teachers and programming passionates on 7-8 October The CERN Micro Club and the CERN IdeaSquare (in partnership with Google Education and EU Code Week) is organising an exceptional educational event around three scientific kits based upon the Raspberry Pi mini-computer: On Friday 7 October (from 18 h to
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Public conferences at University of Geneva: black holes and gravitational waves explained
Public conferences at University of Geneva: black holes and gravitational waves explained On 14 and 16 September, lectures by astrophysicians Prof. Bruce Allen and Prof. Kip Thorne will be open to the public In the frame of the TeV Particle Astrophysics 2016 conference week to be held at CERN on 12-16 September, eminents astrophysicians Prof.
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European Researchers’ Night: Activities at CERN for All Audiences
European Researchers’ Night: Activities at CERN for All Audiences On Friday 30 September, CERN will be among the scientific organisations and institutes of over 300 towns and cities in Europe taking part in the European Researchers’ Night On Friday 30 September, CERN will be among the scientific organisations and institutes of over 300 towns and
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UNIGE in space… hunting astroparticles
UNIGE in space… hunting astroparticles Exhibition on cosmic rays 18 August – 30 September Switzerland has a long history of involvement in cosmic-ray physics and space research projects: some of the most notable examples are its pioneering research since the beginning of the 20th century; its co-founding of major European space organisations, its provision of
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CERN announces the fourth edition of the Beamline for Schools competition
CERN announces the fourth edition of the Beamline for Schools competition CERN is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition CERN is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition. Once again, in 2017, a fully equipped beamline will be made available at CERN for students.
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CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State
CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State On 17 July 2016, Romania became the twenty-second Member State of CERN On 17 July 2016, Romania became the twenty-second Member State of CERN, having acceded to the Organization’s founding Convention, deposited with UNESCO. The notification by UNESCO of Romania’s accession to the Convention brings to a