New service for gas orders
New service for gas ordersanschaefTue, 07/23/2019 - 09:50Please note that a new service has been created to manage all requests concerning the supply of gases (supply, use, maintenance services,...
View ArticleLS2 Report: the complex case of vacuums in the experiments
LS2 Report: the complex case of vacuums in the experiments Corinne PralavoriocmenardTue, 07/23/2019 - 10:14It takes a lot more than nothing to make a vacuum. The vacuum chambers of the LHC experiments,...
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CERN: a renewable energy source
CERN: a renewable energy sourceAnaïs SchaefferanschaefWed, 07/17/2019 - 22:12Can fundamental physics keep you warm in winter? Using neurons, maybe? Think bigger! Like some industrial sites, scientific...
View ArticleUn nouveau centre de théorie pour la physique des astroparticules
A new centre for astroparticle physics theoryCamille MonnincamonninThu, 07/25/2019 - 16:37Moves are afoot to structure and strengthen the field of astroparticle physics, which sits at the junction...
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CERN and ESA forge closer ties with cooperation protocol
CERN and ESA forge closer ties with cooperation protocolachintyaThu, 07/25/2019 - 16:05 A new collaboration agreement between CERN and ESA, signed on 11 July, will address the challenge of operating in...
View ArticleChange concerning Windows users: Home Directories will be transferred to CERNBox
Change concerning Windows users: Home Directories will be transferred to CERNBoxcmenardFri, 07/26/2019 - 12:39As previously announced at the IT Users Meeting (ITUM), the migration of Windows Home...
View ArticleMigration to Windows 10 due to Windows 7 End of Life
Migration to Windows 10 due to Windows 7 End of LifecmenardFri, 07/26/2019 - 14:29Migration to Windows 10 is required during 2019 as Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 in January 2020.Windows 7...
View ArticleCERN takes over the presidency of EIROforum
CERN takes over the presidency of EIROforumcmenardFri, 07/26/2019 - 14:57On 1 July 2019, CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) took over the Presidency of EIROforum from EUROfusion....
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Bottomonium particles don’t go with the flow
Bottomonium particles don’t go with the flowAna LopesabelchioTue, 07/16/2019 - 10:23 (Image: CERN)A few millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was so dense and hot that the quarks and...
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NA64 casts light on dark photons
NA64 casts light on dark photonsAna LopesabelchioMon, 07/22/2019 - 13:06 NA64 ECAL and HCAL. (Image: CERN)Without dark matter, most galaxies in the universe would not hold together. Scientists are...
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No access to the fuel pumps on the Meyrin site: 30 and 31 July
No access to the fuel pumps on the Meyrin site: 30 and 31 July The SMB departmentanschaefMon, 07/29/2019 - 11:22Due to road works, there will be no access to the fuel pumps on the Meyrin site on 30...
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n_TOF facility explores neutron imaging
n_TOF facility explores neutron imagingAna LopesabelchioMon, 07/29/2019 - 12:56 n_TOF Neutron Time of Flight at the PS at CERN (Image: CERN)X-ray imaging is a widely used technique to image the...
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HEP’s contributions to medtech published in WIPO report
HEP’s contributions to medtech published in WIPO reportDaniela AntonioachintyaMon, 07/29/2019 - 14:42 The report is published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, and is subtitled "Creating...
View ArticleSafe charging of portable lithium batteries
Safe charging of portable lithium batteriesanschaefTue, 07/30/2019 - 10:32Fires caused by lithium batteries sporadically make the news, and CERN is not immune from this phenomenon. CERN has experienced...
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LHC à haute luminosité : des pelleteuses à 100 mètres sous terre
High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres undergroundElisa PospiesznycamonninThu, 08/01/2019 - 14:29 Excavation of PM17 shaft, installation of wire mesh and lattice girders and shotcrete...
View ArticleCERN Open Days: volunteer registrations still open
CERN Open Days: volunteer registrations still openanschaefMon, 08/05/2019 - 14:17On 14 and 15 September, more than 150 activities will be offered to the 80 000 visitors expected on our sites....
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Sixty years of the CERN Courier
Sixty years of the CERN CourierMatthew ChalmersachintyaMon, 08/05/2019 - 17:01 A collage of several covers of the CERN Courier over the years (Image: CERN)In August 1959, when CERN was just five years...
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CERN theorist shares Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
CERN theorist shares Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental PhysicsabelchioTue, 08/06/2019 - 16:00 Portrait of Sergio Ferrara, Dan Freedman and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen at the Council Chamber (Image:...
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Cleaner cruises thanks to particle accelerators
Cleaner cruises thanks to particle acceleratorsMaurizio VretenarachintyaMon, 08/05/2019 - 14:07 Scientists are testing whether a particle accelerator can be used to clean up particulate matter emitted...
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Beat the heat!
Beat the heat!CERN Medical ServiceanschaefSun, 06/23/2019 - 22:51 (Image: CERN)Make sure you drink lots of waterKeep windows and shutters closed during the day where possible to keep the heat outWear...
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