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CERN sets stage for teenage scientists
Student teams from Greece and the Netherlands – the winners of CERN’s first Beamline for schools competition – came to CERN to work on their experiments using a test beam.Launched in 2014, the Beamline...
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The Port hackathon develops tech for "children of the night"
Developing and testing the mask prototype at THE Port Hackathon, 2015. (Images: Andrey Loginov, Pierre Freyermuth, Antonio Bellotta/ THE Port)THE Port hackathon took place at CERN and Geneva’s Campus...
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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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CERN sets stage for teenage scientists
Student teams from Greece and the Netherlands – the winners of CERN’s first Beamline for schools competition – came to CERN to work on their experiments using a test beam.Launched in 2014, the Beamline...
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The Port hackathon develops tech for "children of the night"
Developing and testing the mask prototype at THE Port Hackathon, 2015. (Images: Andrey Loginov, Pierre Freyermuth, Antonio Bellotta/ THE Port)THE Port hackathon took place at CERN and Geneva’s Campus...
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Linac4 ready to hit the 50 MeV mark
Inside the Linac4 tunnel, the final DTL cavities will guide beams to 50 MeV (Image: Stephan Russenschuck/CERN)The Linac4 accelerator is now prepared to reach 50 MeV. This milestone energy - expected in...
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New LHCb programme: Of vacuum and gas
As the beam passes through LHCb, interactions with neon gas allow the experiment to measure the full beam profile. (Image: CERN)A new LHCb programme is delving into uncharted waters for the LHC:...
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Crystals channel high-energy beams in the LHC
Bent crystals can be used to deflect particle beams, as suggested by E. Tsyganov in 1976. Experimental demonstrations have been carried out for four decades in various laboratories worldwide. In recent...
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Picking up good vibrations
A seismic truck at Point 1 generated wave-like vibrations measured by EN/MME (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)In preparation for the civil engineering work on the HL-LHC, vibration measurements were carried...
View ArticleNew year message from the Director-General
Dear Colleagues,As we embark on a new year at CERN, I’d like to welcome you all back and wish you the very best for 2016. I hope you all had a relaxing end of year break and are looking forward, as I...
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CERN DG meets locals and internationals in New Year ceremony
James GilliesFabiola GIanotti, CERN Director General, delivering a new year 2016 speech to local and international representatives of Geneva and its surrounding areas in the Microcosm exhibition...
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Sustainable development
Poster for HR public meeting over the five-yearly review of employment conditions (Image: CERN)The new year begins with some important changes for members of CERN personnel. The measures proposed by...
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Director General attends WEF annual meeting in Davos
James GilliesAnne Richards, Chair of the CERN & Society Foundation (left) chairs a meeting on diversity at Davos with CERN Director General, Fabiola Gianotti (centre), and Clare Matterson, Director...
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