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Physics Famelab teaser (Video: CERN)FameLab is the exciting competition for young researchers that is conquering the world of science communication. FameLab is not just another talent show for...
View ArticleLHC restart update
After a shutdown lasting two years, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s biggest and most powerful particle accelerator, is ready once again for the arrival of particle beams. The teams are...
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A busy Sunday for the LHC
LHC operators smile as the Beam 2 (anticlockwise) makes it around the accelerator sector by sector (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)It was a busy Easter Sunday for the LHC operators.After two years of...
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CERN Director-General visits SESAME
James GilliesPresident of SESAME Council, Chris Llewellyn-Smith, receives half of the model SESAME magnet from CERN Director General Rolf Heuer, while European Commissioner for Research, Carlos Moedas,...
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Lonely Chairs at CERN turns one
Katarina AnthonyWhen CMS physicist Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez created Lonely Chairs at CERN back in April 2014, she was not expecting the immediate reaction it garnered. Within days, the blog had picked up...
View ArticleTo tweet or not to tweet?
Kate KahleIn 1983, when CERN discovered the W and Z bosons, the announcement to the world came 5 days after the internal seminar. In contrast, in 2012 CERN’s live tweeting of the Higgs discovery...
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LHC experiments back in business at record energy
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started delivering physics data today for the first time in 27 months. After an almost two year shutdown and several months re-commissioning, the LHC is now providing...
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Support young CERN scientist in FameLab final
Matilda HeronLillian Smestad presenting for FameLab at CERN (Image: Laurine Mottet)For the first time, a CERN competitor has reached the final of the famous science communication competition Famelab....
View ArticleRolf Heuer to become President of SESAME
In a meeting at UNESCO in Paris on 26-27 May, the Council for the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project unanimously decided to invite CERN...
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One hundred school kids investigate mystery boxes at CERN
Matilda HeronChildren from schools in Ain, Haute-Savoie and Geneva presenting their findings at CERN (Image: Maximilien Brice)On 8 June 2015, CERN welcomed 100 primary-school children to present the...
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MAPCERN links to Google Street View
Matilda HeronNew Street View images of CERN sites have been added to MAPCERN, see bottom-right-hand image in the screenshot above (Image: MAPCERN)CERN’s online maps, MAPCERN, now have the added bonus...
View ArticleChange of mobile phone operator
On 24 June 2015 at 9 a.m., Swisscom becomes CERN’s mobile phone operator. As of this date, CERN mobile phone numbers will be 075 411 xxxx and people with a CERN mobile phone subscription must change...
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CERN researchers to perform at Montreux Jazz Festival
Steve GoldfarbCERN will be back at the Montreux Jazz Festival for its third annual workshop: ‘The Physics of Music and The Music of Physics’ on 9 July at 3 pm in Petit Palais.Poster for Montreux Jazz...
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Grey Book gets new look
Screenshot showing new design for Grey Book (Image: CERN Grey Book)The CERN Grey Book database has a brand new look.The database stores data on the Organization’s research programme, including all the...
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Successful tests of a HL-LHC dipole magnet model
Corinne PralavorioThe coil for the 11-Tesla superconducting dipole magnet model at CERN (Image: CERN)At the start of the summer, the teams developing the magnets for the future HL-LHC were in high...
View ArticleHot news at home and abroad
Rolf HeuerThe heatwave affecting many parts of Europe has been often in the news this summer, but we’ve also had plenty of “hot news” at CERN, in particular regarding the LHC and the...
View ArticleLHC run-2 – reaching the top of the learning curve
Rolf HeuerAs the LHC Physics conference gets underway in St Petersburg, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand with run-2. For all those involved with operating the LHC and its...
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HiRadMat begins testing new HL-LHC Collimator jaw prototypes
Katarina AnthonyThe three collimator jaws prior to installation in the HiRadMat facility (Image: Yann Krajewski/CERN)This summer, the HiRadMat (High Radiation to Materials) facility began testing the...
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AWAKE starts the equipment installation phase
Antonella Del RossoThe AWAKE proton line with all the magnets installed (Image: AWAKE collaboration)AWAKE is the proof-of-principle experiment whose aim is to use protons to generate powerful...
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A very cool cooling system for NA62
Antonella Del RossoThe 115 metre long vacuum tank of the NA62 experiment (Image: NA62)The NA62 Gigatracker is a jewel of technology: its sensor, which delivers the time of the crossing particles with a...
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