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On Friday 26 September 2014, CERN will be celebrating European Researchers' Night at three venues in Geneva and St. Genis-Pouilly
Newly elected ATLAS outreach co-coordinator Kate Shaw hopes to bring particle physics to students in developing countries
Collider, a new exhibition about the LHC, opens in London this week. It will stay for 6 months before a planned international tour
CMS physicists will be answering questions from school students as part of a free online event to get young people excited about science
Two media projects, developed with funds from CERN and EUROVISION, are taking fundamental physics to 8-12 year olds. Watch the trailers
Grants will be awarded to two production companies to develop media to get kids aged 8 to 12 interested in science
CERN is showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany from 10-14 October
