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Kate Kahle heads the Editorial Content and Development Section in the CERN communications group.
For CERN’s 60th anniversary in 2014, the laboratory is offering a chance to high-school students worldwide to carry out an experiment at CERN
Collider, a new exhibition about the LHC, opens in London this week. It will stay for 6 months before a planned international tour
A three-day symposium starting today in Bonn, Germany, celebrates the life of renowned physicist Wolfgang Paul
CERN is organizing a tweetup on Friday 27 September 2013, the eve of the CERN Open Days
US students were surprised during their physics lesson to be joined on a group video call by scientists in the ATLAS control room
Join the last Hangout with CERN of this series to talk about dark matter at 5pm (CET)
Behind the excellent results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) lies the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid – a giant that never sleeps
The Google Science Fair competition deadline closes on 30 April at midnight PDT. If you are aged 13-18, it may be your turn to change the world
Each week CERN people answer questions live on YouTube in Hangout with CERN. Give feedback for the chance to win tickets to see comedian Eddie Izzard
The third annual Google Science Fair opens today. Students aged 13 to 18 are invited to submit science or engineering projects online
An all-day seminar at CERN today will celebrate the career of the ex-Director-General of CERN
CERN is showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany from 10-14 October