Three young ISOLDE scientists win awards
Ulrich WahlThe last month carried a lucky spell for the members of ISOLDE's EC-SLI collaboration IS453 "Emission Channeling lattice location experiments with Short-Lived Isotopes", with three of their...
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ALICE upgrades its powerful eyes
Yuri KharlovThe crystal matrix of the ALICE Photon Spectrometer during repair (Image: ALICE/CERN)The ALICE Photon Spectrometer (PHOS) measures the photons that fly out of the extremely hot plasma...
View ArticleCERN scoops prizes at National Instruments awards
Last week the NIWeek conference and exhibition in Austin, Texas, hosted the Graphical System Design Achievement Awards where computer-engineering company National Instruments recognized companies and...
View ArticleComic Genius? CERN to host comedy night
CERN will be hosting the first official stand-up comedy night LHComedy in the Globe of Science and Innovation on 30 August 2013 from 7.30pm-11pm."Comedy promises a fantastic and innovative new way for...
View ArticleGoogle Street View to continue imaging CERN
Google Street View is an integrated service of Google Maps, introduced by Google in 2007. This service allows users to navigate virtually through streets and to enjoy a 360° panoramic view. Here are...
View Article'Golden tickets' for CERN open days scarce
At the end of September CERN will open its doors to the world. Most of the site will be open access, with a large number of activities, workshops to explore and lectures to attend. For safety reasons,...
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Former CERN DG Carlo Rubbia appointed senator for life
Carlo Rubbia during his talk for the discovery of the W particle in 1983 (Image: CERN)On Friday the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano appointed four new senators for life: the music...
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CERN releases new version of open hardware licence
Marina GiampietroHardware designed by the Polish company Creotech Instruments S.A. and licensed under CERN OHL v 1.1 (Image: Creotech Instruments S.A.)In March 2011 CERN released the first version of...
View ArticleCERN stand-up stands out from the crowd
Stephanie McClellanSome say that science can't be funny. Tell that to the packed auditorium and almost 10,000 webcast viewers who tuned in on Friday 30 August to watch LHComedy: "CERN After Dark"– a...
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Register now for ISOTDAQ2014
Markus JoosThe Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. The city will host ISOTDAQ2014 in January (Image: Wikimedia Commons)CERN is inviting final-year undergraduates and masters and PhD...
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Practical information regarding the CERN Open Days
Corinne PralavorioVisitors coming by car must park in one of the 34 free car parks and travel to the CERN sites using the free shuttle buses (Image: CERN)Between 27 and 29 September, CERN is holding...
View ArticleCartoons and superpowers to take physics to the tweens
Cian O'LuanaighIn July, CERN and EUROVISION announced grants for multiplatform media proposals to spark the scientific curiosity of "tweens"– children aged eight to twelve. Now trailers for two...
View ArticleCurious about how the pension fund is securing your future?
Antonella del RossoTransparency, accuracy and proximity to its members: in recent years the CERN Pension Fund has put a huge effort into creating clear procedures, defining and sharing its strategies,...
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CERN boasts international twirling champion
Stephanie McClellanGex Twirling Club performing their winning number at the 2013 International Baton Twirling Cup (Image: Véronique Bellour)There aren't many people who can throw a baton in the air, do...
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QUANTUM leaps: CERN artists team up for performance at CMS
Ariane KoekDancers rehearse at Point 5 on the LHC for the contemporary dance piece QUANTUM, beneath a lighting installation by Julius von Bismarck and a poster of the CMS detector (Image: Michael...
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RFID chips for CERN Open Days tested at CMS
Achintya RaoZoltan Szillasi in the CMS Control Room at Point 5, tinkering with the RFID tracking system (Image: Achintya Rao)A group of students visiting Point 5 on Tuesday morning were roped in to...
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CERN road race: Running in the rain
Anaïs SchaefferThe 2013 CERN road race took place on 18 September in poor weather conditions (Image: Anna Pantelia/CERN)The 2013 edition of the CERN Road Race took place on 18 September. Despite the...
View ArticleCERN Tweetup draws citizen journalists from across the globe
Sarah CharleyOn Friday 27 September, CERN welcomed 12 citizen journalists to the 2013 CERN Tweetup, an event where a select few people from around the world had the opportunity to take a private tour...
View ArticleCERN people react to Nobel news
Cian O'Luanaigh(Video: CERN, with images from Nobelprize.org)Cameras were rolling in CERN's building 40 on Tuesday when members of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations heard the news from the Swedish...
View ArticleA new beam dump for the Proton Synchrotron Booster
Cian O'Luanaigh(Video: Noemí Carabán/CERN)Beams do not circulate inside accelerators forever. As particles collide with the sides of the beam pipe or with each other, the beams "degrade"– they become...
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