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LHC Report: Running towards a production break
Rende SteerenbergQuarter 2 of the 2018 LHC schedule, indicating the machine development block, the technical stop and the special run period.In a couple of weeks the first block of machine development...
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World’s first crabbing of a proton beam
Test bench of the first two prototype crab cavities in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) accelerator. The cryomodule containing the cavities is installed on a mobile table that allows it to be moved...
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Complete makeover of the East Area
Cristina AgrigoroaeRenovation of the East Experiment Area of the Proton Synchrotron (PS) (Image: CERN)The East Experiment Area of the Proton Synchrotron (PS) is to be given a complete makeover,...
View ArticleComputer security: Smile, you’re on camera…
The Computer Security TeamWhat do some webcams, CCTV cameras, video-conferencing cameras, control devices, printers and Internet-of-Things devices connected to CERN networks have in common? They are...
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ECSITEment reigns at CERN’s exhibitions
Corinne PralavorioSpeakers from CERN’s Ideasquare, Heureka in Helsinki, Citta della Scienza in Naples and Copernicus Science centre in Warsaw share their experience of design thinking in a conference...
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LHC Report: Standing strong through the storms
Rende SteerenbergMay 2018 was one of Switzerland’s warmest Mays since meteorological measurements started in 1864. However, it is not so much the temperature but the associated thunderstorms that can...
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Broadening access to STEM
Ioanna Koutava and Kate KahleFrancesca Borgonovi, Senior Analyst from OECD, presenting the OECD report “The ABC of Gender Equality in Education” (Image: J. Ordan/CERN)Back in 2015, CERN’s Diversity...
View ArticleComputer security: Scaling out intrusion detection
The Computer Security TeamAutomatically and autonomously monitoring digital activities on CERN’s network and its firewalls between CERN and the Internet, activities on CERN’s computing clusters and...
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Get ready for a new CERN Learning Hub
Image: CERNCERN provides a wide range of learning and development opportunities for personnel. These cover everything from the everyday essentials of safety and computer security, through leadership...
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Presidential visits to CERN
Anaïs SchaefferThe President of the Republic of Slovenia in front of one of the big muon wheels of the ATLAS detector (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)On 20 June, CERN welcomed Borut Pahor, President of the...
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Successfully switching careers as a scientist
The first workshop of the series "Moving out of academia to..." organised by the CERN Alumni Office dealt with career opportunities in the financial sector (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)A job in a research...
View ArticleLHC Report: Investing in the future
Jan Uythoven for the MD teamOn Tuesday, 12 June at 7.00 a.m., a six-day Machine Development (MD) period started, during which the machine was available for accelerator physicists and the machine...
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Ground-breaking ceremony for the High-Luminosity LHC
Corinne PralavorioThe civil engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC gets under way. Here we see the earthmovers at work on the new 80 metre access shaft at Point 5. (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)The...
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CERN donates computer equipment to Nepal
Mélissa GaillardEckhard Elsen (left), Director for Research and Computing, and Ram Prasad Subedi (right), Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Nepal, Geneva, in building 133, where the computer...
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Keeping a close watch over the beams
Assembly of the new beam wire scanner model, the first in a series of 17 that will be installed in the accelerator complex during Long Shutdown 2. (Image: Julien Ordan/CERN)For the members of the Beam...
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Driving over the detector
The LHCb detector's silhouette painted at the entrance of the experimental site. (Image: LHCb/CERN)Did you know that when accessing LHC Point 8 you pass exactly above the LHCb detector? To demonstrate...
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Going for gold!
Rachel BrayEvery three years, athletes from 42 different European research institutes spanning 16 countries are brought together to compete in numerous sporting events, hosted and organised by one of...
View ArticleComputer Security: Dear Summer Students
The Computer Security TeamWelcome to CERN! For the next couple of weeks, you will be able to breathe in the free academic world of CERN. You will have the chance to learn thanks to in-depth lectures,...
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Bike to Work 2018: keep on rollin’
Cristina AgrigoroaeCritical Mass at CERN, June 2018 (Image: CERN)180 138 kilometres, 248 teams, and 25 940 kilograms of CO₂reduction — these are the outcomes we can be proud of after one month of...
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LHC Report: Back in production
Rende SteerenbergThe integrated luminosity for Run 1 and Run 2.Since the last LHC Report, the LHC has gone through a period of Machine Development (MD), a four-day technical stop, a technical stop...
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