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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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The Sense of Beauty: when science meets the seventh art
On 16 November at 18:00, a premiere screening of the film The Sense of Beauty will take place in the Main Auditorium. The Sense of Beauty is a film by Valerio Jalongo, produced at CERN with the...
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CLEAR prospects for accelerator research
Matthew ChalmersThe CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) will enhance and complement the existing accelerator R&D programme at CERN. (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)A new user facility...
View ArticleComputer Security: And in the real world?
The Computer Security TeamWhy do computers remain unpatched? Why are passwords lost even today? Why do people still open malicious attachments? Why is encryption not always embraced? Is the major...
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LHC Report: LHC reaches 2017 targets
Rende Steerenberg and Kate KahleMultiannual overview of the integrated luminosity evolution. The 2017 line shows not only that the 45 fb^-1 target was reached and surpassed but also the fastest...
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CERN: the star of the Automnales
Corinne PralavorioView of the CERN stand at the Automnales. (Image: Daniel Dominguez/CERN)Grab your friends and neighbours and take a wander around the Automnales. In between tasting longeole sausage...
View ArticleComputer Security: CERN under friendly poking
The Computer Security TeamAt the beginning of September, CERN’s computing systems came under attack. Adversaries tried to find their way into CERN’s Windows infrastructure with the aim of taking over...
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The Gentner programme celebrates its tenth anniversary
Michael HauschildOn 1 November 2007, the very first student of the special German Doctoral Student Programme at CERN (Wolfgang Gentner Scholarships) began his work, sponsored by the German Federal...
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LHC Report: record luminosity, well done LHC
The Operations group and Stéphane Fartoukh (BE-ABP) Graphs showing the integrated luminosity of the LHC in 2017. The green squares represent the achieved luminosity, while the blue line shows the...
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Recycling: we all have a role to play
Anaïs SchaefferThis week, come and learn about how waste is sorted and recovered in the Main Building (500), where the contractor responsible for collecting waste at CERN*, in partnership with the SMB...
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The Automnales: ten days of success
Corinne PralavorioThe CERN stand was designed to resemble a particle collision, at the centre of which visitors could take a virtual-reality tour. (Image: Maximilien Brice, Julien Ordan)On Sunday, 19...
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New magnets to feed the Proton Synchrotron Booster
Iva RaynovaThe new booster injection vertical septum magnets in their vacuum tank. They will distribute the beam from Linac4 to the four rings of the Proton Synchrotron Booster. (Image: Julien...
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Energy: making research infrastructures part of the solution
James GilliesThe Extreme Light Infrastructure’s Magurele-Bucharest, Romania campus. (Image: ELI-NP)In 2011, CERN, DESY and the European Spallation Source, ESS, teamed up to launch a series of workshops...
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Twenty-five years of service at CERN
HR DepartmentThe staff members having reached 25 years of service at CERN in 2017 were invited by the Director-General to a reception in their honour on 24 November 2017. We thank them for their...
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CERN hosts major international fire and rescue meeting
James GilliesThe 2nd 2017 workshop of the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services "Hazardous Materials Commission" took place at CERN. (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)Founded in Paris in...
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A 350-metre-tall tower to purify argon
Stefania PandolfiOn Friday, 24 November, ARIA’s top and bottom modules plus one standard module were brought to Building 180 and lined up to precisely test their alignment and interconnections. (Image:...
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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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The Computer Security TeamStandard best practice in computer security involves always keeping all your devices up-to-date so that malicious evil-doers cannot exploit known vulnerabilities and...
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Show don’t tell - LHCreate asks why
This year, the participants were challenged to answer one of the questions most asked by visitors to CERN "Why we do what we do at CERN?" (Image: Daniel Dobos/CERN)Earlier this month, participants in...
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A 350-metre-tall tower to purify argon
Stefania PandolfiOn Friday, 24 November, ARIA’s top and bottom modules plus one standard module were brought to Building 180 and lined up to precisely test their alignment and interconnections. (Image:...
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