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Spring at CERN, your photos
Spring at CERN, your photosIce-white blossom in front of ISOLDE (Image: Sanje Fenkart) (Image: CERN)Blossom, blue sky and buildings proved the winning combination for our “spring at CERN” photo...
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Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both
Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for bothBeam commissioning is progressing well across the entire accelerator complex, with initial completion achieved in the first machines of...
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CERN to change name for 70th Anniversary
CERN to change name for 70th AnniversaryThe Organization’s new logo. The correct usage of the branding can be found on the Design Guidelines website.Update: Did you enjoy our April Fools’ day story?...
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AMS’s second new life
AMS’s second new lifeIn 2011, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was installed on the International Space Station (ISS). Since then, it has recorded more than 200 billion cosmic ray events and,...
View ArticleCERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth...
CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of ConnectConnect is an art residency programme launched by Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia in 2021. Dedicated to...
View ArticleThe CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard Model
The CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard ModelLast week, at the annual Rencontres de Moriondconference, the CMS collaboration presented a measurement of the effective...
View ArticleGiuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)
Giuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)We are saddened to learn that experimental physicist Giuseppe Fidecaro, who joined CERN in 1956, passed away on 28 March. He was 97 years old. Giuseppe was a familiar...
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The March/April issue of the CERN Courier is out
The March/April issue of the CERN Courier is out The mid-term report of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) feasibility study demonstrates significant progress across all project deliverables, including...
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FASER measures high-energy neutrino interaction strength
FASER measures high-energy neutrino interaction strengthOperating at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) since 2022, the FASER experiment is designed to search for extremely weakly interacting...
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Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024
Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024LHC Page 1 showing the first stable beams of 2024 (Image: CERN)On Friday 5 April, at 6.25 p.m., the LHC Engineer-in-Charge at the CERN...
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Ready, steady, cycle!
Ready, steady, cycle!(Image: Bruno Racalbuto)Join this year’s Bike to Work campaign, which encourages workers in companies all over Switzerland to commute by bicycle as often as possible throughout the...
View ArticleComputer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you
Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs youWhat kind of person are you? An artist, like a painter? A credit card fanatic or just “in numbers”? Cerebral, a memoriser or even a genius? An...
View ArticleCERN pays tribute to Peter Higgs
CERN pays tribute to Peter HiggsPeter Higgs has passed away at the age of 94. An iconic figure in modern science, Higgs in 1964 postulated the existence of the eponymous Higgs boson. Its discovery at...
View ArticleExchange rate for the tax declaration form of 2023 income: for the attention...
Exchange rate for the tax declaration form of 2023 income: for the attention of members of the personnel and pensioners living in FranceFor the tax declaration form of 2023 income, the average annual...
View ArticleOne-to-one meetings with the French tax authorities for CERN members of...
One-to-one meetings with the French tax authorities for CERN members of personnelIn order to help members of the personnel who may need assistance, the Organization has decided to set up individual tax...
View ArticleTaxation in France
Taxation in FranceThe Organization would like to remind members of the personnel that they must comply with the national legislation applicable to them (cf. Article S V 2.02 of the Staff Rules).I -...
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ATLAS provides first measurement of the W-boson width at the LHC
ATLAS provides first measurement of the W-boson width at the LHCView of an ATLAS collision event in which a candidate W boson decays into a muon and a neutrino. The reconstructed tracks of the charged...
View ArticleThe next-generation triggers for CERN detectors
The next-generation triggers for CERN detectors The experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) require high-performance event-selection systems – known as “triggers” in particle physics – to filter...
View ArticleEntrance C closed for vehicles until further notice
Entrance C closed for vehicles until further noticeFollowing damages caused by a car accident on Wednesday 10 April in the morning, Entrance C on the Meyrin site (Route Maxwell) will remain closed for...
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Searching for new asymmetry between matter and antimatter
Searching for new asymmetry between matter and antimatterThe LHCb detector seen in 2018 during its opening (Image: CERN)Once a particle of matter, always a particle of matter. Or not. Thanks to a quirk...
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