Disability, diversity and equality
Anaïs SchaefferOn Tuesday, 28 May, as part of CERN's diversity programme the British sociologist Tom Shakespeare gave a talk entitled “From Newton to Hawking and beyond: why disability equality is...
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Discovering CERN by bicycle
Corinne PralavorioSome 250 cyclists took part in the timed mountain bike rally and in the family bike ride for the inauguration of the Passport to the Big Bang trail (Image : Christoph Balle/CERN)The...
View ArticleACCU: A committee that addresses users' needs
Anaïs SchaefferThis year, the Advisory Committee of CERN Users (ACCU) celebrates its 25th anniversary. Created in its modern form in December 1988 - at a time when the number of users was about 1500 -...
View ArticleNew results from the OPERA experiment
The OPERA experiment was designed to prove unambiguously muon to tau neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the direct observation of tau neutrinos in a muon-neutrino beam produced at...
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Sign up now to volunteer for the CERN Open Days
Virginie BlondeauVolunteer now! (Image: CERN)At the end of September we expect a huge number of visitors for the Open Days. You, the volunteers, are the key without which the Laboratory’s doors could...
View ArticleBeams and Knowledge transfer team up for Innovation Day
This month, CERN's Beams department and Knowledge transfer group hosted a BE-KT Innovation Day to identify ideas from the department with significant technology-transfer potential.The morning was...
View ArticleEnergy for sustainable science
Marina GiampietroCERN, the European Association of National Research Facilities (ERF), and the European Spallation Source (ESS), announce the second joint workshop on Energy for Sustainable Science at...
View ArticleCouncil renews support for CERN
Rolf HeuerThis week’s meetings of Council brought some very good news for CERN: the budget for 2014 and the Medium Term Plan (MTP) were both approved, and contributions received from member states make...
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Universe of sound: meet CERN’s new Collide @ CERN resident
Ariane KoekBill Fontana (Image: Ariane Koek)Lecture at 7pm 4 July in the CERN Globe of Science and Innovation. This event will be webcast.The 65-year-old American artist Bill Fontana starts his...
View ArticleBuilding an app for CERN people
The communications group is building an app for CERN people, and they need your help. Over the coming months the project team are going to be calling on CERN people to help with initial user research...
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Local students discover CERN's Passport to the Big Bang
Gabrielle ThomasStudents from Ferney-Voltaire high school exploring the Passport to the Big Bang (Image: Martine Barras )Inaugurated at the beginning of June, the Passport to the Big Bang is a...
View ArticleHeuer tells ECOSOC: "'Co-opetition' is the key"
Cian O'LuanaighIn his keynote address this week at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN), CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer pushed scientific research as a driving force...
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Volunteers needed for CERN Open Days
Virginie BlondeauVisitors throng the Globe of Science and Innovation at the CERN Open Days in 2008 (Image: CERN)As you may know Open Days will take place at the end of September and a lot of volunteers...
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Kilts, fiddles, and the Higgs boson
Cian O'LuanaighHoi! Musical director David Moore jumps into the air during a lively Scottish tune at an Ayshire Fiddle Orchestra concert in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany last week (Image: Ayshire Fiddle...
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Next step, the Tour de France?
Anaïs SchaefferNicolas Roux crosses the finish line at Annecy in the public race in the Étape du TourIn keeping with tradition, the organizers of the Tour de France set up another race, the Étape du...
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Particle physics at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Stephanie HillsPiotr Traczyk of the CMS collaboration will be playing his CMS guitar at the Montreux Jazz Festival this week (Image: Julia Hoffman)This week CERN will be hosting a seminar entitled The...
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CERN firefighters train in the hot seat
Anaïs SchaefferFirefighters sit patiently in the test chamber with fire raging around them (Image: Anna Pantelia/CERN)It's 9.15am on Friday 5 July and a fire is building nicely in the CERN...
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IEEE honours Aymar and ten Kate for superconductivity work
Cian O'LuanaighRobert Aymar, pictured here in the CMS cavern in 2007, during his time as Director-General of CERN (Image: Claudia Marcelloni/CERN)This week at the 23rd International Conference on...
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Italian Physical Society honours CERN physicists
Ashley WennersHerronRecipients will receive their awards at the annual Italian Physical Society meeting this September. (Image: Italian Physical Society)The Italian Physical Society has honoured five...
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Wanted: elbow grease
Anaïs SchaefferBenzole powered thermic engine from 1907 with its three-ton wheel. (Image: CERN)Are you an electromechanical technician or engineer, an IT specialist, an energy expert, keen on helping...
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