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Strings 2008: Conférences Grand Public   >>

Cool days ahead

The outlook is sunny for CERN now that all the sectors are cold. The mood is growing feverish in anticipation of the LHC start-up! >>

A word from Lyn Evans:
A sprint to the finish

Most people consider that the starting point for the LHC was a meeting organised by the European Committee for Future Accelerators in Lausanne in March 1984, even though quite a few of us at CERN had already begun work on the design in 1981. >>

CERN on the net

As all eyes turn to the LHC in the run-up to the big switch-on, online media are providing a keyhole into the deepest corners of CERN. From YouTube to blogs, communicating ideas has never before had the capacity to reach so many people. >>

Green light for a permanent exhibition in the Globe

A donation to the Foundation for the Globe of Science and Innovation by ROLEX S.A. marks the first step towards the planned expansion of the Globe’s infrastructure. >>

Ready to improvise?

Quite unusually for a CERN colloquium, on 8 and 9 August the CERN Auditorium will host a presentation on comedy and communication and a workshop by Charna Halpern, the founder of "iO theaters" in Chicago and Los Angeles. >>

A softball event in the Higgs field…

CERN’s two softball teams, the Quarks and the Leptons, held their annual tournament in the "Higgs field" at the Prévessin site on 19 and 20 July. Here, the Bulletin shines a spotlight on a little known sport in Switzerland. >>

Literature in Focus Perspectives on LHC Physics

The CERN Library invites you to a book presentation, a Literature in Focus event. >>

Official News

Staff Rules & Regulations – modification No. 2 to the 11th Edition  

General Information

Prevention – Diagnosis – Eliminating noise   
Recent computer attacks via Instant Messaging  
Construction of a new waste-water treatment plant, building 676, route Maxwell