A study published in collaboration with ISOLDE-CERN confirms that certain terbium isotopes are effective in diagnosing and treating tumours
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As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown (LS1) is about to start
Sound artist Bill Fontana recorded his first soundscapes at CERN on a 4-day induction visit preceding his residency
From photonic crystals to fibre-optic sensors, the KT Fund is supporting new initiatives to disseminate technology to society
The Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment took proton-ion data for the first time last month
Each week CERN people answer questions live on YouTube in Hangout with CERN. Give feedback for the chance to win tickets to see comedian Eddie Izzard
A new safety system will bring the standard of personnel radiation protection at the PS into line with that of the LHC
Maurizio Pierini of the CMS collaboration focuses on recently completed searches. Watch the webcast
In COOL EDGE 2013, biologists, medical doctors and life scientists are looking to CERN as a model for international scientific collaboration
The CERN toolbar is a branding element for CERN websites, a 'Sign in' button, a link to the directory, and a link back home
A new service has launched to calibrate PXI cards used to enhance the performance of measurement and automation systems
A standing stone outside the CERN Control Centre neatly sums up our understanding of the universe
Watch the webcast of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at 1pm GMT
Watch Jean-Phillipe Tock of the Technology department explain how CERN technicians are upgrading interconnections on the LHC
CERN and the City and the Canton of Geneva awarded the second Collide @ CERN-Geneva prize to the 47 year-old filmmaker Jan Peters, for his proposal to explore the world of CERN from a highly personal perspective.
Jan Peters has divided his time between Switzerland and his native Germany for many years. An artist and filmmaker, he is known particularly for personal documentaries charting his own life, and his films have won prizes at festivals around the world. During his residency at CERN, he intends to address the links between science and art, politics and philosophy. "My questions are very similar to those of physicists, who are passionate about the same central issues such as the meaning of life", he explained in his proposal.
In awarding him the Collide @ CERN-Geneva prize, the jury recognised Peters as "an author who makes profoundly personal films that probe and dissect reality. CERN's science and environment will become his new field of research".
"We're delighted to announce our fourth artist-in-residence in the framework of the Collide @ CERN programme", says Rolf Heuer. "We are very much looking forward to seeing his work and the new insights he will bring into our Laboratory, just as the previous winner of the Collide @ CERN-Geneva prize, the choreographer Gilles Jobin, did".
Peters is expected to take up his three-month CERN residency in autumn 2013. He is the second winner of the Collide @ CERN-Geneva award, which is part of a three-year partnership between CERN and the City and the Canton of Geneva. He will choose a scientific partner who will provide him with inspiration throughout his residency. They will have their own blog, which will allow the public to follow the creative process.
Like his predecessor Gilles Jobin, Peters will also organise artistic events for the CERN personnel. He will have an office on the CERN site and will give a joint lecture with his scientific partner in the Globe of Science and Innovation at the start and end of his residency. The residency is funded by the City and the Canton of Geneva in partnership with CERN. The insurance of all artists participating in the programme is sponsored by UNIQA SA.
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer accepts an Edinburgh Medal on behalf of CERN at a ceremony on Saturday. Also honoured was Peter Higgs (right) (Image: Joshua Smythe)
In a ceremony on 24 March, the 2013 Edinburgh Medal was awarded to Peter Higgs and CERN. The Director-General received the medal on behalf of CERN [See video].
The Edinburgh Medal, now in its 25th year, is awarded by the Edinburgh International Science Festival to scientists whose achievements have made a significant contribution to the understanding and well-being of humanity.
The first Edinburgh Medal was awarded to Abdus Salam who received the Nobel prize in physics for theoretical work that became a fundamental part of the Standard Model of particles and forces. Salam’s work incorporated what is now known as the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to elementary particles. The mechanism introduced a new field, which like all fundamental fields has an associated particle, in this case called the Higgs boson.
This year the award comes full circle, being awarded to Higgs and to CERN, where the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider tracked down a particle last summer that look increasingly like a Higgs boson.
In a seminar at CERN today at 5pm CET, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) collaboration will announce the publication of its first physics results.
Watch a live webcast of the seminar here.
The AMS experiment is the most powerful and sensitive particle physics spectrometer ever deployed in space. The detector, which was assembled at CERN, is located on the outside of the International Space Station.
Since its installation on 19 May 2011 it has measured over 30 billion cosmic rays at energies up to trillions of electron volts. Its permanent magnet and array of precision particle detectors collect and identify charged cosmic rays passing through AMS from the far reaches of space.
Over its long-duration mission on the Space Station, AMS will record signals from 16 billion cosmic rays every year and transmit them to Earth for analysis by the AMS collaboration. Data are received by NASA in Houston, and then relayed to the AMS Payload Operations Control Centre at CERN for analysis.
This is the first of many physics results to be reported.
The 2012 CERN relay race (Image: Maximilen Brice/CERN)
The relay race organised by the CERN running club is a key annual fixture on site. Seeing the sweaty, sinewy hordes of colleagues pounding the Meyrin campus competing for glory is a truly inspiring sight every year. How can those of us who are not in racing shape get ready to take part?
The medical service's Move and eat better campaign inspires the CERN community to take up regular exercise and make healthy diet choices. The latest campaign event will be a session called Relay race warm up, designed to help you to get from your desk chair to the starting line.
Come along to the Council Chamber at 5pm 16 April and learn how to get ready to take part in the relay race, as well as getting yourself prepared for all types of regular exercise. This will feature talks by:
Screenshots of the MapCERN app on iPhone (Image: MapCERN)
A new version of the MapCERN application is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
MapCERN is a navigation tool for CERN sites. It shows the location of streets, buildings, rooms, and points of interest at CERN. The new app, developed by the Geneva-based company ArxIT, is part of an initiative by GS department to allow staff, fellows, users and visitors to locate CERN facilities with a smartphone. As well as locations at CERN, the app shows their distance and general direction from the user. Every day, the Patrimony and Site Information Service (GS/SE-DOP) updates the map data with topographic measurements.
With the iPhone and iPad version of MapCERN - which requires iOS5 or later - you can:
A second application, MapCERN Mobile is specially designed for smartphones.
For a demonstration video, download MapCERN for iPhone.
