First year of data taking at high energy for MoEDAL
Visualisation of the MoEDAL array in the LHCb cavern (Image: MoEDAL Collaboration).MoEDAL - the LHC experiment designed to search for highly ionising avatars of new physics, such as magnetic monopoles...
View ArticleThe discovery uncovered
On Thursday, 11 February, Barry Clark Barish, one of the fathers of the LIGO experiment, presented the latest results in a packed Auditorium.Almost exactly one hundred years after the publication of...
View ArticleA new type of coating to chase the clouds away
The violet light is produced by the argon plasma used when sputtering the amorphous carbon. The the beam screen is coated using the magnetic field of the quadrupole itself. ((mage : Pedro Costa Pinto)....
View ArticleArts@CERN: two guest artists to give a presentation
Arts@CERN Guest Artists, Dmitry Gelfand and Evelina Domnitch. (Photo : Scott Leyse)Arts@CERN is delighted to invite you to the Guest Artists' presentation at the Main Auditorium, CERN starting at...
View ArticleCERN Chapter of Mozilla Study Groups launched
Achintya RaoMozilla Study Groups, supported by the Mozilla Science Lab, are the brain-child of former ATLAS physicist Bill Mills. They are regular meet-ups for students, scientists, IT experts,...
View ArticleHave you heard?… again in 2016!
All types of people… all ages… all the time… Today we live in increasingly noisy environments due to television, headphones, transport, machines at work, leisure activities, etc. Health specialists...
View ArticleComputer Security: better code, fewer problems
The resulting vulnerabilities lay dormant until the evil side spots them and decides to hit hard. Computer security incidents in the past have put CERN’s reputation at risk due to websites being...
View ArticleFCC study publishes conceptual reports for magnets
Antonella Del RossoThe Future Circular Collider study for a hadron-hadron collider (FCC-hh) foresees a collision energy of 100 TeV, which is about seven times higher than that of the LHC. For the...
View ArticleOmbud’s Corner: that’s not what I meant…
Sudeshna Datta-CockerillSo you dashed off a reply to that query with a short and factually informative e-mail, stressing the key points and keeping the niceties to a minimum, convinced that your...
View ArticleFrom the CERN Web: In theory, SuperKEKB, International Women
(Images: Silvia Biondi/ATLAS © CERN)ATLAS and CERN celebrate International Women’s Day8 March – ATLAS Collaboration and Paola CatapanoIn honour of International Women’s Day, the ATLAS experiment shared...
View ArticleLHC Report: Back in operation
A Distribution Feed-Box (DFB) brings power to the LHC magnets and maintains the stability of the current in the superconducting circuits.The LHC was the last machine to be handed back to operators...
View ArticleGOSH! A roadmap for open-source science hardware
Stefania PandolfiThe participants to the GOSH! 2016 meeting gathered in IdeaSquare. (Image: GOSH Community)“Despite advances in technology, many scientific innovations are held back because of a lack...
View ArticlePower to the LHC
Last year marked a great start to Run 2. The objective for the year was to establish proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV with 25 ns bunch spacing, and in that we were successful, delivering four inverse...
View ArticleNew CMS spokesperson
Achintya RaoJoel Butler, the new CMS spokesperson. (Image: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab)On 10 February, members of the CMS Collaboration Board, the “parliament” of the collaboration, held a ballot to appoint...
View ArticleSuper and ferric: the first HL-LHC component is ready
Antonella Del RossoAn expert in the LASA Laboratory (INFN Milan, Italy) works on assembling the first sextupole corrector of the HL-LHC.Although the name might sound completely unfamiliar, superferric...
View ArticleCERN Chapter of Mozilla Study Groups launched
Achintya RaoMozilla Study Groups, supported by the Mozilla Science Lab, are the brain-child of former ATLAS physicist Bill Mills. They are regular meet-ups for students, scientists, IT experts,...
View ArticleG. Mikenberg honoured by the Sharing Knowledge Foundation
The Sharing Knowledge Foundation awarded its 2016 prize to George Mikenberg, a member of the LHC's ATLAS experiment who has been well-known in the particle physics world for many years. He received the...
View ArticleComputer Security: playing hardball? Unfortunately necessary
Time and time again, we see PCs and laptops being infected at CERN. While a local anti-virus software solution should provide you with basic protection, no anti-virus software will ever be able to...
View ArticleWhat is it like to work in a diverse organisation like CERN?
The Recruitment UnitGenevieve Guinot, head of the diversity office, answers some questions about what it is really like to work in a diverse organization like CERN.A video of some of the many women at...
View ArticleA new transport hub
Inauguration of the CERN Mobility Centre by Martin Steinacher, Director for Finance and Human Resources, and Lluis Miralles, Head of the SMB department.CERN’s new Mobility Centre, on the car park next...
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