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Staying in touch? Giving back? Reaching out? This is for you
Antonella Del RossoLaure Esteveny, CERN Alumni Project Leader (standing) shares with the project team the steps that will lead to the programme launch planned in June. (Image: Max Brice/CERN)Endorsed...
View ArticleWebcast: CERN DG joins Davos panel
What are the top issues on the global science agenda and how will they be addressed in the year ahead? Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s Director-General, will speak as part of a panel addressing these...
View ArticleComputer Security: IoTs: The Treasure trove of CERN
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security TeamIot at CERN? That’s the Internet-of-Things (IoT) here at CERN, e.g. any random device, not necessarily PCs, laptops, tablets or smartphones, connected to CERN’s...
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CERN & Society Foundation in Ghana
CERN & SocietyLibrarians, IT specialists, CERN staff members and staff of the Prempeh II Library gather for the CERN digital library workshop. (Image: CERN)In December 2016, CERN staff members went...
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EYETS report: so far, so good
Stefania PandolfiThe new SPS internal dump while being assembled during the 2016 - 2017 EYETS. (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)Since the beginning of December, hundreds of people from CERN’s technical...
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Roberto Saban honoured with the Order of Merit of Italy
Anaïs SchaefferRoberto Saban (left) receiving his title of Commander from H.E. Maurizio Enrico Luigi Serra, ambassador and permanent representative of Italy to the United Nations and other...
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Using a crystal to extract beam?
Anaïs SchaefferThese taut wires, 60 μm in diameter, are part of the electrostatic septa in the SPS. More than 10 000 wires are needed to extract protons at 400 GeV. The study group is attempting to...
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Congratulations to the 2016 apprentices
CERN's apprentices Roland Hirt (second from left) and Yann Anthonnet (fourth from left) during the 2016 UIG prize ceremony, in the presence of Pierre Maudet, Geneva state councillo (sixth from left)....
View ArticleThursday, 2 March: premiere of Hidden Figures and debate
Laurianne TrimoullaOn Thursday, 2 March, the Pathé cinema at Balexert, in collaboration with CERN, will be hosting a premiere of the film Hidden Figures, followed by a debate on the position of women...
View ArticleComputer security: protect your click
Stefan Lueders and Computer Security TeamToday, “links” are the main threat to your operating system and, consequently, to your professional and private data. With one single “click”, an attacker can...
View ArticleJoin us for a Voxxed Day
A new Voxxed Days event is coming to CERN on 25 February 2017, and everyone is invited.Voxxed Days are a series of tech events organised by local community groups and supported by the Voxxed team....
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How does CERN encourage women in science?
Harriet JarlettSophie Baron, a scientist at CERN, speaks to children at a school in Crozet, France, to encourage them to choose a career in science (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)In physics, as in other...
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EYETS report: painstaking work on the detectors
A view of the ALICE experimental cavern. (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)Many facilities across the accelerators chain are being repaired and upgraded since the second week of December 2016, as soon as...
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Reaching out: IPPOG’s new status to push physics outreach
Harriet JarlettCharlotte Warakaulle, CERN’s Director for International Relations, and Hans Peter Beck, chairperson of IPPOG, sign a memorandum of understanding to make IPPOG an official collaboration...
View ArticleComputer security: Offensive Public Browsing
The Computer Security TeamFor the convenience of everyone at CERN, public PC terminals are provided in many different locations so that people can access CERN’s websites, as well as CERN’s other...
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Colliding ideas over lunch
Iva RaynovaThe LunchCollider project sees strangers brought together in Restaurant 1 to build new friendships. (Image: Piotr Nikiel; Mietek Dabrowski; Roberto Campesato; Esther Zanon/CERN)It’s a...
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A new tool to evaluate complex tech systems’ efficiency
Panagiotis CharitosThe new modelling concept combining system description, phase-dependent failure and restore durations and operation schedules at multiple levels. (Image: CERN)A key challenge in...
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Open-heart surgery for CMS
Achintya RaoThe innermost part of the CMS detector, the Pixel Tracker, is being replaced with a brand-new one this week, as part of the EYETS activities. (Image: Max Brice/CERN)This week the CMS...
View ArticleMusic, Videos and the Risk for CERN
Stefan Lueders and The Computer Security TeamDo you like listening to music while you work? What about watching videos during your leisure time at CERN? Sure this is fun. Having your colleagues...
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THE Port powers the Science Hackathon at IdeaSquare
Danielle Sessa for THE Port AssociationCollaborating and co-creating at the Science Hackathon in IdeaSquare (Image: THE Port Association)The challenge: write a white paper, research paper or grant...
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