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Devoxx4Kids, a conference for budding geeks
François BriardThe Kids learn how to program the Thimyo robot, developed at EPFL, with the help of a Devoxx4Kids volunteer (Image: Mauro Teixeira/CERN)On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the latest...
View ArticleChamonix event prepares for LHC’s future
2016 was a remarkably successful year for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marked by excellent peak performance, good availability and operational flexibility (CERN Courier, December 2016, p.5)....
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New Management at the ATLAS Experiment
Katarina AnthonyNew ATLAS Spokesperson Karl Jakobs (Image: E. Ward /ATLAS Experiment © 2017 CERN)Karl Jakobs from the University of Freiburg is a familiar face at CERN and in the ATLAS Experiment. He’s...
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Paving the way for a new antimatter experiment
Iva RaynovaInstallation of the GBAR linac in its shielding bunker. The electrons accelerated to 10 MeV toward a target will produce the positrons that are necessary to form anti hydrogen with the...
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EYETS Report: 2017, a busy year ahead for the accelerators
Rende Steerenberg for the Operations groupA snapshot of the Linac2 fixed display with the source pulsing at a rate of 1.2 seconds and a beam current of around 250 mA. In the coming week, the other bars...
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CMS pixel tracker transplant: everything went well so far
Achintya RaoDelicate surgery: The new Pixel Tracker being installed at the heart of the CMS detector. (Photo: Max Brice/CERN)At the beginning of March, the CMS collaboration successfully replaced part...
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Hidden Figures into the light
Laurianne Trimoulla Maite Barroso Lopez, Andry Rakotozafrindrabe, Stéphanie Beauceron and Anne-Marie Magnan (from left to right) shared their experiences in a debate moderated by the science journalist...
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CERN: ideal for entrepreneurship, for those who take a leap
Entrepreneurship students brainstorming potential applications for CERN technologies during the NTNU Screening Week in 2016. (Image: Sophia Elizabeth Bennett/CERN)A hub for top-notch scientists,...
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New arrivals - March 2017
HR DepartmentOn Tuesday 21 March 2017, recently-recruited staff members and fellows participated in a session in the framework of the Induction Programme. (Image: S. Bennett/CERN)
View ArticleComputer Security: Stepping Up in User Education
The Computer Security TeamOver the years, we have tried and succeeded in using a number of different methods to educate people on computer security problems and issues: posters, videos, courses,...
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Help us build a better CERN website
Harriet JarlettChange is coming to CERN's website. Help us to decide what the new site should do, by filling in this short survey (Image: CERN)You may, or may not, have heard that CERN is rebuilding...
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EYETS report: a cool preparation for the LHC
Gerard Ferlin and Rende Steerenberg for the Cryo & LHC Operations groupsA typical helium compressor station in the LHC, enabling the delivery of 18 kW @ 4.5 K of cooling power (Image: CERN)The...
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First tests of crab cavities promise a luminous future
Iva RaynovaFirst niobium crab cavity assembled for the High-Luminosity LHC project (HL-LHC) (Image: Ulysse, Fichet/CERN)Yet another success in the creating of a bright future for the Large Hadron...
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A wealth of precise new results at Moriond
Moriond is the traditional winter meeting for particle physicists. (Image: Isabelle Cossin/CNRS)The 52nd Rencontres de Moriond conference is taking place in La Thuile, Italy, from the 18 March to 1...
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CAS Beam Injection, Extraction and Transfer in Erice, Sicily
The participants of the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) on Beam Injection, Extraction and Transfer (Image: Alessandro Noto/EMFCSC)The intensive programme consisted of talks and case studies, as well as...
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CERN at G3iD: tackling UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
CERN representatives engaging with visitors of G3iD Solution Fair (Photo: Alan Dean/G3ID)CERN attended the United Nations’ Geneva Global Goals innovation Day (G3iD) to show how CERN tackles UN’s...
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Computer Security: One click and BOOM… (Reloaded)
The Computer Security TeamBrowsing the World Wide Web is not as easy as it seems… One wrong click and all your passwords (CERN, Facebook, PayPal, Amazon, etc.) could be stolen; all your activities...
View ArticleSir Tim Berners-Lee receives A.M. Turing Award
Iva RaynovaOn 4 April, CERN alumnus Sir Tim Berners-Lee received the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award. The award is given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and it is often referred to as the...
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The Technical Infrastructure team never sleeps
Jesper Nielsen for the Technical Infrastructure sectionSince many new or renovated installations appear after each technical stop, thus adding to the list of new alarms to configure, the number of...
View ArticleLHC Report: getting ready to restart
Rende Steerenberg for the Operations groupAt the end of March, the first sectors of the LHC became available, allowing the restart of the power converters and the performance of electrical quality...
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