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Superconductors take centre stage
Corinne PralavorioTo celebrate the fact that EUCAS 2017 is being held in Geneva, one LHC superconducting magnet has been installed in the Place des Nations (photo) and another near the Vernets ice...
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The Glassbox reopens
Corinne PralavorioAfter three months of work, a remodelled Glassbox combining elegance and high-tech features reopened its doors last week. The restaurant area, generally reserved for official lunches...
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The Computer Security TeamThe primary entry point to your digital life is your password. Your Facebook password to meet your friends, your Instagram password for sharing your photos, your Amazon and...
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The SCINT conference celebrates its 25th anniversary
Anaïs SchaefferThe participants of the SCINT 2017 Summer School on scintillation and its applications in Chamonix. (Photo: SCINT organising committee)Twenty-five years after its first session, the...
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CERN School of Computing 2017: a successful 40th edition
Mélissa GaillardOccasionally, even physicists and computer engineers dress up! Here, CERN School of Computing 2017 students attend the official Opening Gala Dinner. (Image: Nikos Kasioumis/CERN)The...
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25 years of the Internet Society
Henry Thomas BennieLeft to right: Robert Cailliau, Alberto Pace, Ben Segal, Roxanna Radu, François Flückiger and Monique Morrow at the Swiss event of the Internet Society annual member meeting, held at...
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LHC Report: colliding at an angle
Jorg Wenninger and Michi Hostettler for the Operations groupSince the last year-end technical stop, during machine fills and while the beams are in collisions, the crossing angles at which the beams...
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Crab cavities get into their shells
Iva RaynovaMembers of three departments – Engineering, Technology and Beams – performing final checks on the crab cavities before they are installed in their cryostat. (Image: Julien...
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CERN and the HUG team up for a rescue exercise
Anaïs SchaefferFor more photos of the simulation, click here. (Image: Ordan, Julien Marius/CERN)On 19 September, around 2 p.m., a mock major road accident involving five “victims” was staged on the...
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LHC Report: 100 inverse femtobarns and counting…
Rende Steerenberg for the Operations group10 000 000 000 000 000, or ten million billion. This is the cumulative number of potential collisions brought at the centre of ATLAS and CMS since the LHC...
View ArticleComputer Security: Virtual Misconduct – Real Consequences
The Computer Security TeamIn the academic environment of CERN, given the freedom it provides to undertake research and development, it is sometimes forgotten that “academic” and “freedom” do not imply...
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Key milestones reached for the new campus-wide Wi-Fi service
Maria Alandes Pradillo and Vincent DucretThe renewal of the Wi-Fi infrastructure in Building 40 took place at the end of July. (Image: Anna Pantelia)Almost a year ago, the CERN Bulletin featured an...
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Servers to SESAME
James GilliesLeft to right: CERN’s Head of IT, Frédéric Hemmer, and Director for International Relations, Charlotte Warakaulle, with President of the SESAME Council, Rolf Heuer, and the servers donated...
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How can superconductors contribute for a greener future?
Panagiotis CharitosParticipants in the intense three-day long Superconductor Hackathon sketching out their ideas of novel applications of superconductors. (Image: Athina Papageorgiou-Koufidou)In...
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CERN meets the public
Both children and adults had the opportunity to programme a robot. (Image: Sophia Elizabeth Bennett/CERN) Researchers’ Night 2017 at CERN: a resounding success with over 1400 visitorsOn Friday, 29...
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New life for an old technology: canted cosine theta magnets
Stefania PandolfiA 0.5-m-long short model was tested in August at CERN. It was an essential step to demonstrate the validity of the design and of the technological solutions. (Image: Glyn...
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Fire drill at two CERN buildings
During the emergency drill, everybody gathered at the meeting point, demonstrating the successful adoption of a culture of safety at CERN. (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)On 5 October, at 10.00 a.m., the...
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CERN to apply for SESAME Observer status
James GilliesCERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti speaking at the opening ceremony of SESAME on 16 May 2017. (Image : Noemi Caraban Gonzalez/CERN)At its last meeting, the CERN Council approved the...
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Collaboration agreement between CERN and NTNU
Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes (NTNU’s Pro-Rector for Innovation) and Frédérick Bordry (CERN’s Director for Accelerators and Technology) after signing the collaboration agreement. (Image: Sophia...
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ISOLDE: 50 years of cutting-edge science benefitting society
Harriet JarlettThe travelling nature of the multiple experiments at the facility, as well as a high turnover of research groups contributes to a constant state of flux in the ISOLDE experimental hall....
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