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Sign up for CERN’s first History Day
CERN has been officially notified that Lithuania's internal procedures have been approved, following the Agreement signed in June 2017
CERN celebrates 25 years since the beginning of the LHC experimental programme
A look back at the milestone papers CMS has published since its beginning
Steven Weinberg’s iconic paper, A Model of Leptons, was published in 1967 and determined the direction for high-energy particle physics research
An opinion article from Sijbrand de Jong, President of CERN Council, on using innovation and knowledge so cutting-edge research can benefit society
New Swiss banknotes to feature imagery inspired by physics
2015: the year that saw the restart of collisions at the world’s largest particle accelerator and the return of the particle hunters to their lookouts
Recollections of CERN’s early days from the CERN Archives
Rüdiger Voss and Emmanuel Tsesmelis on why CERN’s geographical enlargement is important for the future