CERN’s core business is fundamental science.  However, the Laboratory’s technology and know-how have the potential to drive innovations in a variety of fields, often through collaborations with ...

During the inauguration of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology on 4 February, Simona-Mirela Miculescu, President of the 42nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO, mentioned ...

In application of Article R V 2.03 of the Staff Regulations, the internal tax scale has been adjusted with effect on 1 January 2024. The new scale may be consulted via the CERN Admin e-guide. The ...

Swiss artist Amanda E. Metzger will come to CERN for a two-month residency as the artist selected for the latest edition of ...

In this talk I will introduce the theoretical background behind the nucleon spin structure. I will go through some historic and recent measurements and describe the experimental techniques used to ...

CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform a duet of “Le Cygne” by Camille Saint-Saëns at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

In February 2024, the SCE, SY and BE departments launched a pilot project for a new shuttle service between the Meyrin and Prévessin sites – the Meyrin–Prévessin Express. This reinforced version of ...

Data confidentiality, while not paramount for CERN’s physics data, is still important when it comes to protecting sensitive contractual, financial, personal, radiation- and science-related documents ...

The year-end technical stop (YETS) activities in the accelerator complex’s first machines are nearing completion, but in the LHC about six weeks of work still lie ahead of us before the machine is ...

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific ...