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Bike2Work 2017: CERN smashes its previous records
Anaïs SchaefferTo celebrate the 140 395 kilometres pedalled by the CERN teams taking part in Bike2Work 2017, many of the participants took part in a parade around the CERN site on 16 June. (Image: Max...
View ArticleComputer Security: STOP Spam!
The Computer Security TeamDid you know that about 83% of all messages destined for CERN are flagged as spam and rejected? The IT department’s e-mail service works hard to overcome the permanent wave of...
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Giovanni Passaleva takes the helm of the LHCb collaboration
Stefania PandolfiThe new LHCb spokesperson, Giovanni Passaleva. (Image: Sophia Elizabeth Bennett/CERN)Giovanni Passaleva of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Florence, Italy, is the...
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Opinion: This article “MERITs” your attention
James Purvis HR Department Head on behalf of the HR DepartmentThe new MERIT scheme was introduced in 2016, following the recommendation of the five-yearly review. It has been developed as a lighter...
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The day I met Marie Curie’s granddaughter
Chiara MariottiLangevin-Joliot at the Globe talking about her exceptional family and the current status of women in science (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)At the beginning of the twentieth century in...
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The microscope that digs deep for answers
Iva RaynovaThe microscope is located in a climate-controlled room in order to maintain a constant temperature and humidity and to minimise vibrations induced by noise. A Faraday cage is also used to...
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Potato Powered Cosmos
Stephanie HillsUK artist Racheal Nee has been working with international teachers on the CERN High School Teacher programme to develop the Potato Powered Cosmos, an art-meets-science installation that...
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Hardronic 2017: a success
Daniel Vazquez RiveraAround 500 people attended the Hardronic Festival 2017 (Image: Noemí Caraban Gonzalez/CERN)The Hardronic Festival 2017 is over and it has been a very successful 26th edition....
View ArticleComp. Security: The Internet of Things: the walls have ears
The Computer Security TeamHaving “intelligent” devices at home is nothing really new. Aren't our washing machines, robot vacuum cleaners, coffee machines, etc. all sufficiently smart to serve our...
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Inauguration of the second CERN Network Hub
Mélissa GaillardThe second CERN network hub, located near the CERN Control Centre in Prévessin, was inaugurated on 19 July 2017 (Image: Sophia Bennett)The day-to-day operation of CERN is heavily...
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LHC Report: back on track
Jorg Wenninger for the Operations groupEvolution of the LHC peak luminosity over the past seven years. The green dotted line is the design luminosity.A new LHC luminosity record was established in the...
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GBAR’s antiproton decelerator installed
Iva RaynovaAudric Husson working on GBAR’s antiproton decelerator, which his team developed and installed and is now commissioning. (Image: Max Brice/CERN)If matter falls down, does antimatter do the...
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LHCb gets ready for a SciFi upgrade
Kate KahleEach of the four boxes houses five detector modules. 128 modules will make up the new scintillating fibre (SciFi) tracker, part of the major upgrade of the LHCb detector (Image: Christian...
View ArticleComputer Security: Hardball for attackers
The Computer Security TeamSuccessful cyberattacks always start with the compromise of a PC. Once the attacker “owns” that PC, he or she can install additional software to spy on the user, extract data...
View ArticleDiversifying the Conversation
The WIT Steering CommitteeMany believe that the 21st century will be the century of women; that we will see unprecedented progress in gender equality and female participation at all levels in our...
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HL-LHC short-model magnets tests are going full speed ahead
Stefania PandolfiA short magnet model for the High-Luminosity LHC project was tested in the newly-commissioned vertical test station in hall SM18. (Image: Noemi Caraban Gonzalez/CERN)There is no break...
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LHC report: Something in the nothing
Kate Kahle and Rende SteerenbergThis graph shows the current integrated luminosity compared to previous years. Despite less LHC running time in 2017 due to EYETS, the target integrated luminosity for...
View ArticleHow can machine learning improve vaccine production?
A team of experts from CERN shared their expertise on machine learning with Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business unit of Sanofi, a global life sciences company.This was achieved by means of a four-day...
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Trips and travel: some security recommendations
The Computer Security TeamAutumn conference season is fast approaching. Have you ever thought about how best to secure your laptop and smartphone — and with it your data and documents or your...
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LHC Report: operation with holes
Jorg Wenninger for the Operations groupEvolution of the beam intensities (top), head load to the cryogenic system (middle) and heat load normalised to the total intensity for the eight LHC arcs...
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