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LHC Report: An eventful and successful 2017
Rende Steerenberg for the Operations groupThe CERN Control Centre in 2017. The accelerator complex and the LHC produced a record amount of data in 2017. (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)The last LHC proton...
View ArticleOpinion: So you want to communicate science?
I returned to the Netherlands as a professor of experimental physics at Radboud University Nijmegen in 1998. After having enjoyed more than 10 years almost exclusively doing research work at CERN and...
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Another successful year for CERN’s apprentices
Simon Kramer (back row, left) during the 2017 UIG prize ceremony, in the presence of Pierre Maudet, Geneva state councillor. The other winner from CERN, Baptiste Teufel, was not able to attend the...
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Art in the archives
One of the slides from the LEP era transformed over time into a work of art.Bad news turned into a wonderful surprise for those in charge of digitising CERN’s archives. Several thousand slide photos...
View ArticleComputer security: Computing power for professionals… only!
The Computer Security TeamCERN’s OpenStack service provides you with enormous computing and storage resources to achieve your professional goals: if you need CPU power for your analyses, alternative...
View ArticleGet yourself an ORCID
As a researcher you might often be asked for a publication list. This sometimes involves querying various databases to collect together all your publications. Sometimes the way in which these were...
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CERN History Days: Relaunching the CERN History Project
(Image: CERN)It has been over 20 years since the original CERN History Project concluded. That initiative produced three volumes of CERN history, spanning the period from the 1940s to the end of the...
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CERN and the HUG – a life-saving partnership
James GilliesThe Emergency operations centre on the CERN site, when it was inaugurated in 2015. (Image: Maximilien Brice)The partnership established between CERN and the HUG in 2015 for an initial...
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Works accelerate when the LHC sleeps
Marzia Bernardini and Corinne PralavorioAn improved kicker magnet being prepared on Prevessin site. It will be installed at point 8 of the LHC to improve performance during the injection of particles....
View ArticleUsing virtual reality to improve safety
In November 2017, the first virtual reality (VR) safety experiment took place at CERN, giving more than 100 participants the opportunity to experience the Future Circular Collider (FCC) tunnel through...
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New permanent ALICE exhibition inaugurated
Virginia GrecoPart of the new ALICE exhibition (Image: Kate Kahle/CERN)On 17 January, the ALICE collaboration inaugurated a new permanent exhibition at its visits point at the experiment site (LHC...
View ArticleComputer security: Spectre and Meltdown: just the beginning?
The Computer Security TeamThe beginning of the year has been dominated by two security vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre. Both, in their own way, allow any local user to access a system’s...
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Annual check-up and upgrades for the injectors
The first two radiofrequency crab cavities were installed in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) to be tested with beam for the first time. (Image: Maximilien Brice, Julien Ordan/CERN)The LHC isn’t...
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Prime Minister of Estonia visits CERN
Harriet Jarlett(Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)On 24 January, His Excellency Mr Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, visited CERN for a tour of the site and facilities.The Republic of...
View ArticleComputer security: take it seriously
The Computer Security TeamWhen it comes to personal health or safety, we usually apply best practices to protect us from adverse events, illnesses or harm. This is more than logical, since our physical...
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Building 107: a safe space for chemicals
Corinne Pralavorio View of the new building 107, which will host laboratories for the treatment of accelerator parts and electronic circuits. (Image: CERN)On the corner of Rue Salam and Rue Bloch, you...
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Alumni interactions left overwhelming tracks at CERN
Antonella Del RossoThe inaugural CERN alumni event included networking breaks, where visitors could take souvenir photos as if they were in the LHC tunnel. The event brought together 360 alumni from...
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The new LHC protectors
Iva RaynovaTwo wire collimators have been installed in the LHC tunnel on both sides of the ATLAS experiment. (Image: Max Brice, Julien Ordan/CERN)Collimators are the brave protectors of the LHC. They...
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Female physicists and engineers go back to school
Cristina Bahamonde Castro, chemical and nuclear engineer, talking about her job during one of the visits at a school in Geneva (Image: Sakura Horiguchi, Chandieu School)On the International Day of...
View ArticleComputer security: curiosity clicks the link
The Computer Security TeamOh, how wonderful e-mails are. And chats. And the web. All this interconnectivity. Blue lines underneath keywords everywhere. Links. URLs. Redirections. All taking us to more...
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