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  • CERN looks to the future for the second edition of TEDxCERN

    CERN looks to the future for the second edition of TEDxCERN Following the success of the first TEDxCERN event last year, CERN will be hosting a second TEDx conference on 24 September 2014 on the theme “Forward: Charting the future with science” Geneva, 28 July 2014. Following the success of the first TEDxCERN event last

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  • CERN and UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of the signature of the CERN Convention

    CERN and UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of the signature of the CERN Convention

    CERN and UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of the signature of the CERN Convention Today, CERN and UNESCO are commemorating the signature of the CERN Convention at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris and thereby celebrating 60 years of science for peace Paris, 1 July 2014. The Convention that led to the establishment of the European Organization for

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  • CERN announces LHC restart schedule

    CERN announces LHC restart schedule

    CERN announces LHC restart schedule Cool down of the Large Hadron Collider has already begun in preparation for research to resume early in 2015 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, has started to get ready for its second three-year run. Cool down of the vast machine

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  • CERN announces first winners of the Accelerate@CERN arts programme

    CERN announces first winners of the Accelerate@CERN arts programme CERN today announces the first winners of the Laboratory’s new Accelerate @ CERN programme – a one-month research award for artists Geneva, 18 June 2014. CERN1 today announces the first winners of the Laboratory’s new Accelerate @ CERN programme – a one-month research award for artists2.

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  • CERN announces winners of its first beam line for schools competition

    CERN announces winners of its first beam line for schools competition CERN today announced the winners of its first beam line for schools competition Geneva, 6 June 2014. Following almost 300 submissions from school groups around the world, two teams have been selected to come to CERN to carry out their own experiments at a

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  • Full speed ahead!

    Full speed ahead!

    Full speed ahead! When he’s not working at CERN, Jean-Yves Le Meur is a top-level skier. Fresh from the Winter Paralympics in Sochi and the French disability snowsport championship, he has agreed to answer a few questions Few athletes can boast of having participated in the Olympic or Paralympic Games even once in their sporting

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  • CERN and ESA sign cooperation agreement

    CERN and ESA sign cooperation agreement

    CERN and ESA sign cooperation agreement CERN and ESA today signed a framework agreement for future cooperation on research and technology in areas of mutual interest BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/cern-and-esa-sign-cooperation-agreement) Geneva, 28 March 2014. At a ceremony today at Geneva airport, CERN1 and ESA signed a framework agreement for future cooperation

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  • CERN celebrates 60 years of science for peace

    CERN celebrates 60 years of science for peace CERN is celebrating 60 years of science for peace in 2014, with events at the Organization’s Geneva laboratory and in its Members States Geneva, 18 March 2014. CERN1 is celebrating 60 years of science for peace in 2014, with events at the Organization’s Geneva laboratory and in

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  • 10th edition of the International Masterclasses in Particle Physics to attract more than 10,000 high-school students worldwide

    10th edition of the International Masterclasses in Particle Physics to attract more than 10,000 high-school students worldwide Each year in spring, research institutes and universities around the world invite students and their teachers for a day-long programme to experience life at the forefront of basic research Geneva, 10 March 2014. Each year in spring, research

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  • CERN prepares its long-term future

    CERN prepares its long-term future

    CERN prepares its long-term future The HL (High Luminosity) LHC is CERN’s number-one priority and will increase the number of collisions accumulated in the experiments by a factor of ten from 2024 onwards Geneva, 6 February 2014. Particle physics takes the long-term view. Originally conceived in the 1980s, the LHC took another 25 years to

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