Georges Vianès (1938 – 2025)
Georges Vianès (1938 – 2025) Georges Vianès (right) alongside Director-General Carlo Rubbia in 1989, during a visit of the prefect of the French department of Ain. (Image: CERN) Georges Vianès sadly...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress...
Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex In my previous report, I wrote that the first beam injection of 2025 into the PS Booster (PSB) was...
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A silver coin for CERN (Image: Swissmint) On 13 March 2025, Swissmint issued a special "CERN" coin symbolising Swiss and global innovation. Swissmint is the company mandated by the Swiss Confederation...
View ArticleREMINDER: Laser pointers banned in Switzerland
REMINDER: Laser pointers banned in Switzerland A "laser pointer" is a small, hand-held laser device that emits laser radiation to indicate objects and locations. From 1 June 2019, only class 1 laser...
View ArticleSpring is here, and so are the ticks!
Spring is here, and so are the ticks! Spring has arrived and the lure of the great outdoors grows as the days get longer and warmer. This also means the return of ticks: little parasitic mites, whose...
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Upcoming events 24 Mar 14:00 | Knowledge Sharing | Online | CERN Venture Connect | EN CVC Deep Tech Talks #1 – Single Frequency Raman Laser with Lisa Glöggler 25 Mar 08:30 | At CERN | Building 29 |...
View ArticleThe CERN Fire and Rescue Service launches the “Be ready, be safe!” campaign
The CERN Fire and Rescue Service launches the “Be ready, be safe!” campaign Do you have questions about fire safety, emergency response or first aid? The CERN Fire and Rescue Service is here to help!...
View ArticleA new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle
A new piece in the matter–antimatter puzzle Yesterday, at the annual Rencontres de Moriond conference taking place in La Thuile, Italy, the LHCb collaboration at CERN reported a new milestone in our...
View Article"La nuit est belle!" 2025
"La nuit est belle!" 2025 On the evening of Friday, 11 April, CERN will participate in the fifth edition of “La nuit est belle !” . The aim of this initiative is to make turning off or reducing the...
View ArticlePedal Power: join CERN’s 2025 Bike to Work Challenge!
Pedal Power: join CERN’s 2025 Bike to Work Challenge! (Image: Bike to Work) The popular Bike to Work challenge is back for its 2025 edition. This Switzerland-wide initiative encourages us all to grab...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges...
Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead Last week, on 19 March, the first beam-based physics of the year began when protons from the PS hit the n_TOF...
View ArticleComputer Security: The cost of compromise
Computer Security: The cost of compromise Recently, the Computer Security Office reported on a cybersecurity incident at a remote Tier 2 site of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). Compromised to...
View ArticleCERN mobility: driven by data, naturally
CERN mobility: driven by data, naturally Particle physics is all about data, but so too is mobility at CERN. The data shows that we feel strongly about how we get to work and how we get around the...
View ArticleA trailblazer at 90
A trailblazer at 90 (Image: Ugo Amaldi) Join CERN on Friday, 4 April to celebrate the achievements and long career of Ugo Amaldi as he turns 90. Ugo Amaldi joined CERN as a fellow in September 1961....
View ArticleCERN community: Join our spring scavenger hunt to win chocolate
CERN community: Join our spring scavenger hunt to win chocolate (Image: S. Fenkart/CERN) Spring is in the air! As the accelerator complex starts to awaken, so too does the biodiversity on the CERN...
View ArticleSymmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected
Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected In late 2023, Wojciech Brylinski was analysing data from the NA61/SHINE collaboration at CERN for his thesis when he noticed an...
View ArticleCERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider
CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider After several years of intense work, CERN and international partners have completed a study to assess the feasibility of...
View ArticleCERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep
CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep The CERN flock of sheep on site in 2017. (Image: CERN) Quantum entanglement is a fascinating phenomenon where two particles’ states are...
View ArticleAEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of...
AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? The AEgIS...
View ArticleCMS finds unexpected excess of top quarks
CMS finds unexpected excess of top quarks The CMS collaboration at CERN has observed an unexpected feature in data produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which could point to the existence of...
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