LIU 2013: Injector teams present status
Cian O'LuanaighIn CERN Council chamber today, physicists and engineers from the LHC injector accelerators presented their plans for the first Long Shutdown (LS1) of the accelerator complex.The goal of...
View ArticleRecent results on Higgs studies at ATLAS and CMS
In a seminar at CERN today the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented recent results on Higgs studies. The results built upon those already presented at the Moriond winter conference, with the experiments...
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EU commissioner meets Marie Curie researchers at CERN
Researchers supported by Marie Curie Actions fellowships explain their research to commissioner Vassiliou (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)Today Androulla Vassiliou, commissioner for education, culture,...
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Modernizing the operational dosimetry system
Caroline DucPierre Carbonez, head of the Dosimetery and Instrument Calibration Service, with one of the new automatic operational dosimetery reader terminals (Image: CERN)No more sheets of paper to...
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CERN to host its first TEDx event
Claudia Marcelloni de OliveiraThe inaugural TEDxCERN event will take place on 3 May 2013, under the theme "Multiplying Dimensions", at the Globe of Science and Innovation with a live webcast at the...
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Coping with stress and with back pain
For the third consecutive year, CERN will be celebrating the World Day for Health and Safety at Work through events and initiatives coordinated by the Beams department Safety Unit, the Occupational...
View ArticleThe LHC ball test
Katarina AnthonyIn the bellows of the Large Hadron Collider’s interconnects, you’ll find the vacuum pipe held together by some flexible metallic connectors known as “RF fingers”. These RF fingers...
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High-powered manoeuvres
Anaïs SchaefferThe transformers arrive at SPS's access point 4 (BA 4) (Image: Anna Pantelia/CERN)This week, CERN received the latest new transformers for the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). Stored in...
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A new “culprit” for matter-antimatter asymmetry
Antonella del RossoA view of the LHCb underground area, looking upwards from the cavern floor. The LHC beam pipe is visible in the centre of the image (Image: Anna Pantelia/CERN)In our matter-dominated...
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LHC electrical tests: Increase the potential
Anaïs SchaefferEngineers perform ELQA tests in sector 4-5 of the LHC tunnel using a mobile platform developed in collaboration with IFJ-PAN (Image: Jaromir Ludwin)The superconducting magnets on the LHC...
View ArticleFirst TEDxCERN kicks off today
The inaugural TEDxCERN event, themed "Multiplying Dimensions" kicks off in the Globe of Science and Innovation today.Going beyond particle physics, TEDxCERN, organized with the generous support of...
View ArticleCERN Data Centre expands
Andrew PurcellLast week at CERN an event was held to inaugurate "the CERN Computer Centre Consolidation". The consolidation has entailed the creation of a new room, which will play host to critical IT...
View ArticleCall for volunteers for the Passeport Big Bang inauguration
Rolf HeuerThe organization of the Passport to the Big Bang inauguration on 2nd June is in a critical situation.The event will take place on 2 June and the organizers are still seeking 80 volunteers....
View ArticleCERN opens its doors to general public end of September
Rolf HeuerIn response to the worldwide interest in our organization provoked by the recent physics discoveries, we have decided to use the unique opportunity of the present long shutdown to again open...
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Keeping the LHC in power
The new UPS installations (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)The critical safety equipment around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), including the machine protection systems, is connected to Uninterruptible...
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Stay fit and have fun: Bike to work!
Jens VigenParticipants of the “2012 Bike2CERN through the year” campaign - with the campaign winners, Tim Smith, Martial Dujardin and Mika Huhtinen - alongside the organisers and cycling enthusiasts...
View ArticleCERN Relay Race today
This year's relay race around the Meyrin site will start at 12.15pm today. Come along and cheer on the participants!Each team comprises six runners, with stages of 1000, 800, 800, 500, 500 and 300...
View ArticleCERN Relay Race results
Check your results for the CERN relay race here [Nice Login required]
View ArticleTEDxCERN videos now online
On 3 May, CERN hosted its inaugural TEDxCERN event. Missed the event? Watch the TEDxCERN talks here
View ArticleCERN honoured by Prince of Asturias award
Rolf HeuerI have the great pleasure to announce that CERN has today received the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, shared with theorists Peter Higgs and François...
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