Lighting the way: how emergency lights survive radiation
Stephanie HillsJust like a fridge, you only need the lights on in the LHC tunnel when you’re in there; but the emergency lights are part of an essential safety system if you ever need to evacuate....
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Computer Security: Mac security: nothing for old versions
Stefan Lueders, Computer Security Team Only software which is up-to-date should be free from any known vulnerabilities and thus provide you with a basic level of computer security. Neglecting regular...
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Prototype HL-LHC magnet undergoes testing
Corinne PralavorioThe first short prototype of the quadrupole magnet for the High Luminosity LHC. (Photo: G. Ambrosio (US-LARP and Fermilab), P. Ferracin and E. Todesco (CERN TE-MSC))Momentum is...
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“Shape memory” material provides a solution for the HL-LHC
Anaïs Schaeffer, Stefania PandolfiProof of concept of a SMA connector for Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) chambers. (Picture: Fabrizio Niccoli)In particle accelerators, beams circulate inside vacuum chambers...
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“Shape memory” material provides a solution for the HL-LHC
Anaïs Schaeffer, Stefania PandolfiProof of concept of a SMA connector for Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) chambers. (Picture: Fabrizio Niccoli)In particle accelerators, beams circulate inside vacuum chambers...
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Power 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...
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Super 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...
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Computer Security: what is your identity?
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security Team Your sense of self is multi-faceted and highly complex but the entity of “you” is well defined. You can prove your identity simply, typically by showing your...
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Preparing for the future
Panagiotis CharitosThe participants in the second annual meeting of the FCC design study. (Photo: Vinicio Tullio/INFN)More than 450 scientists, researchers and leaders of high-tech industry gathered in...
View ArticleThe Globe is back!
Stefania PandolfiFollow the Globe renovations from start to finish, and learn more about this unique structure. (Video: Christoph M. Madsen)It took eleven months of civil-engineering work to restore...
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LHC Report: machine commissioning - drawing to a close
Belen Salvachua Ferrando for the LHC teamSome of the first collisions recorded by the experiments during the LHC 2016 commissioning with low-intensity stable beams. (Image: CERN)TOTEM bump The main...
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Ransomware: When it is too late...
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security Team “Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to the infected computer system in some way, and demands that the user pay a ransom to the malware...
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LHC Report: stoat-ally back on track!
Mike Lamont and Stefano BertolasiTechnicians at work on the transformer that was damaged by the beech marten. (Image: Stefano Bertolasi)Early in the morning of Friday, 29 April, the LHC was running...
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Happy birthday, Jack Steinberger
Jack Steinberger in 2008, pictured on the occasion of the "Accelerating Nobel” exhibition. (Image: Claudia Marcelloni/CERN)Even if he’s recently stopped coming to CERN on his bike, Jack Steinberger and...
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A tour in sign language
François BriardThe guides’ explanations were interpreted into sign language in real time. (Photo: Maximilien Brice)On 4 May, around ten children from the Centre pour enfants sourds de Montbrillant...
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CERN’s annual relay a runaway success
Klaus Hanke for the CERN Running ClubOne of the many winning teams from the 2016 relay race (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)With a record participation of 128 teams and 768 runners, this year’s CERN Relay...
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Computer Security: pimp up your password
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security Team In the past, we have repeatedly stated the importance of a well-chosen, complex and unique password, for your account at CERN (see the article “Oops, there it...
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Understanding parking habits at CERN
Anaïs SchaefferVehicle registration plate readers (red triangles) are now installed at the entrances and exits of the Le Cèdres car park (in orange) and of the Building 4 and 5 one (in blue). The 2...
View ArticleNew tool in place to support authors and CERN as a publisher
Anaïs SchaefferCERN has published the Yellow Reports since the inception of the Laboratory. Until now this activity has followed a traditional, largely manual publishing workflow. Thanks to its new...
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One woman’s journey in physics
Kristin Kaltenhauser and James GilliesMary K Gaillard (left) during the presentation of her book, discussing the role of women in the fundamental physics field with Valerie Gibson.Mary K Gaillard began...
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