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Following on from the recent CineGlobe and Science Night events, CERN will be participating in the Swiss National Day celebrations on 1 August
More than 450 physicists and engineers took part in the first workshop to define CERN’s experimental programme from 2020 onwards
The first Rucio community workshop, held at CERN, brought together computing experts from several experiments and organisations.
A New Year rich in progress is looming at CERN
A video showcasing the highlights of the year at CERN, with numerous physics results and new installations
CERN was the guest of honour at the Automnales, Geneva’s huge annual fair: ten days of encounters and exchanges with the general public.
Tens of thousands of people visited CERN’s stand at the Automnales, where they were welcomed by enthusiastic volunteers
Pass on CERN’s passion for science at Geneva’s Automnales fair, where the Laboratory will be the guest of honour.
An event took place at the Globe as part of the celebrations marking the tenth anniversary of the European Research Council
Pathé Balexert and CERN are organising a premiere of Hidden Figures followed by a debate on the theme “Women, science and diversity”
Success for the European Researchers’ Night, which attracted almost 600 visitors on 30 September
Some 142 CERN teams cycled more than twice around the Earth in the thirteenth year of Switzerland’s Bike2Work initiative