Computer Security: The rancid USB box of chocolate
The Computer Security TeamHow convenient were USB sticks in the past…? And how convenient they still are today despite the fact that with CERN’s free and versatile CERNBox service or the commercial...
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ATLAS celebrates dedicated & creative collaboration members
Katarina AnthonyWinners of the 2018 ATLAS Outstanding Achievement Awards, together with ATLAS spokesperson Karl Jakobs, Collaboration Board Chair Max Klein and Awards Committee Chair Jim Pilcher...
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See horse-logging in action at CERN
Logging with horses in CERN woods. (Image : CERN)The CERN site covers 625 hectares, of which around 90 are forest land, mainly situated in France. These forests are managed by the French National...
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A reverse hackathon with CERN
Daniela AntonioParticipants at the CERN Hackathon in July (Credit: HighTechXL)Six high-tech business teams were selected to explore business solutions for CERN technologies within the HighTechXL...
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LHC Report: Protons: mission accomplished
Rende SteerenbergThe peak luminosity of each fill in 2018, showing that most of the time the fills started with a peak luminosity close to 2x10^34 cm-2 s-1. After each technical stop or MD period,...
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Halfway to high luminosity
Corinne PralavorioA new beam absorber for the zones where the beams are injected from the SPS was assembled and tested last summer. This is one of the developments presented at the High-Luminosity LHC...
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More powerful protectors for higher luminosity
Cristina AgrigoroaeAssembly of HRMT-45 experiment: testing one of the modules of a prototype injection protection absorber (TDIS). (Image: CERN)At the end of August this year, as the summer was taking...
View Article13-14 November: Spain@CERN industrial exhibition
13-14 November: Spain@CERN industrial exhibitionanschaefThu, 11/01/2018 - 12:25The second Spain @ CERN industrial exhibition will be held on 13 and 14 November 2018. This event is organised by CDTI,...
View ArticleComputer Security: When "free" is not free
Computer Security: When "free" is not freeThe Computer Security TeamanschaefFri, 11/09/2018 - 12:03“Academic freedom” is one of the values held in high regard by CERN. Freedom in terms of open and...
View Article25 years of service at CERN
25 years of service at CERNHR DepartmentanschaefMon, 11/12/2018 - 10:07(Image: Ordan, Julien; Lavy, Rachel/CERN)The 45 staff members having achieved 25 years of service at CERN in 2018 were invited by...
View ArticleCERN’s IT Consultancy team can help
CERN’s IT Consultancy team can helpanschaefThu, 11/08/2018 - 15:24CERN’s IT Consultancy team* (Image: Liviu Valsan, Eduardo Alvarez Fernandez/CERN)Created in 2016, CERN’s IT Consultancy team provides a...
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Sharing knowledge: the fifth CERN-UNESCO School on Digital Libraries
Sharing knowledge: the fifth CERN-UNESCO School on Digital LibrariesEsra OzcesmecicagrigorTue, 11/06/2018 - 14:03 Images shot during the one-week long school on digital libraries, with attendees from...
View ArticleFor your safety, wear reflective clothing
For your safety, wear reflective clothinganschaefFri, 11/09/2018 - 11:41Switzerland’s 12th annual Day of Light will take place on 15 November. The authorities will use this opportunity to remind the...
View ArticleCERN commemorates history of Pension-Fund-owned building
CERN commemorates history of Pension-Fund-owned buildingJames GilliescmenardFri, 11/09/2018 - 08:41Joanne Intrator, granddaughter of Jakob Intrator, and Charlotte Warakaulle, CERN's Director for...
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Welcome to the new CERN website
Welcome to the new CERN websiteKate KahlecagrigorMon, 11/05/2018 - 10:26Responding to requests from online users, CERN’s new homepage provides more content upfront, with a long scroll to appeal to...
View ArticleNew public transport lines
New public transport lines anschaefMon, 11/12/2018 - 11:52As of 9 December 2018, the Y bus line, which currently links Ferney-Voltaire (Avenue du Jura) and Thoiry (Val-Thoiry), via CERN, will cease to...
View ArticlePaul Baillon (1938 - 2018)
Paul Baillon (1938 - 2018)anschaefMon, 11/12/2018 - 11:59 After studying at the École normale supérieure, Paul Baillon quickly moved on to the laboratory of the École polytechnique and then to CERN,...
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Dernières nouvelles du LHC : c’est au tour des ions lourds
LHC report: make way for the heavy ionscagrigorWed, 11/14/2018 - 10:02Particle showers in the ALICE detector during the first lead nuclei collisions of 2018 (Image: ALICE/CERN)At 9.19 p.m. on 8...
View ArticleShutdown of the CERN Shuttle Circuit 3 during the LS2 period (2018-2020)
Shutdown of the CERN Shuttle Circuit 3 during the LS2 period (2018-2020)anschaefTue, 11/13/2018 - 09:48According to the LS2 planning, we schedule to stop the shuttle circuit 3 by Monday 17 December at...
View ArticleBe courteous, be safe, when you’re on the roads
Be courteous, be safe, when you’re on the roadsMartin SteinacheranschaefTue, 11/13/2018 - 10:56Next Sunday is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, an initiative established in 1995...
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