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Thirty years of the Z boson

Thirty years ago this week physicists at CERN announced that they had directly observed the Z boson

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Physics
31 May, 2013
Physics
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31 May, 2013

CERN Council updates European strategy for particle physics

At a special meeting in Brussels today, the CERN Council formally adopted an update to the European strategy for particle physics

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At CERN
30 May, 2013

CERN honoured by Prince of Asturias award

CERN today received the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research shared with theorists Peter Higgs and François Englert

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At CERN
29 May, 2013

Webcast: What do we get from basic research?

Watch the webcast of a panel discussion at the European Commission featuring president of the CERN Council Agnieszka Zalewska

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At CERN
29 May, 2013

EC and CERN support major research facility in Middle East

The European Commission and CERN have today agreed to support the construction of SESAME

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Engineering
28 May, 2013

Passport to the Big Bang to start with a bang

A wealth of activities is on offer on the 2 June for the inauguration of CERN's scientific tourist trail "Passport to the Big Bang"

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At CERN
27 May, 2013

CERN exchanges knowledge with the Swiss non-profit CSEM

The CERN Knowledge Transfer group is hosting a one-day meeting to promote knowledge-exchange with the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology

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Knowledge sharing
23 May, 2013
Knowledge sharing
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23 May, 2013

Grid computing founder: 'Science needs to travel faster'

Ian Foster, one of the founders of grid computing, on the challenges of big data

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Computing
22 May, 2013

The basics of the Higgs boson

In this animated lesson for TED-Ed, CERN physicists David Barney and Steven Goldfarb use the Socratic method to explain the Higgs boson

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Physics
16 May, 2013
Physics
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16 May, 2013