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 ...

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 ...

In December 2024, the CERN Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) and Geneva Airport’s Fire and Rescue Service (Service de Sauvetage ...

In the first study of its kind at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the CMS collaboration has tested whether top quarks adhere to Einstein’s special theory of relativity. Along with quantum mechanics, ...

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 ...

Every winter brings an increase in the number of visits to the infirmary, particularly in connection with falls or injuries as a result of icy roads and paths or winter sports of one kind or another.

CERN has just released, for internal distribution only, the Data Classification Policy document, which establishes a framework for classifying professional data entrusted to or originating from the ...

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 ...

Over the years, CERN’s workflows and activities have resulted in a variety of software solutions being used to manage, store and track digital records. Based on an analysis of the document management ...