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Physics on the front line
The original version of this interview features in the January 2014 issue of Soldier - the magazine of the British Army - and is reprinted with permission of the editor.Lieutenant James Jackson (Image:...
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Register for FameLab: your chance to talk science
Antonella del RossoWinner of the FameLab Swiss heats in 2012, Boris Lemmer, who inspired the panel with his presentation on the trigger system for particle detectors (Image: CERN)FameLab is an...
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Germany at CERN exhibit
Kristin KaltenhauserParticipants peruse the stands at the Germany at CERN exhibit (Image: Barbara Warmbein/CERN)In collaboration with CERN, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)...
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GS department head talks people and CERN infrastructures
Antonella del RossoLluis Miralles Verge is the head of the CERN General Infrastructure Services (GS) department (Image: CERN)The daily responsibilities of Lluis Miralles Verge, Head of the General...
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Maria and Giuseppe: Lives intertwined with CERN’s history
Pauline GagnonGiuseppe and Maria Fidecaro in the CERN canteen in 2014, 60 years after they joined the organization (Image: Pauline Gagnon/CERN)CERN will be celebrating its 60th anniversary this year....
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Particle physicists in Norwegian knitwear. Oh yes.
Cian O'LuanaighLeft to right: Jens Vigen, John Ellis and Mick Storr model their CERN-themed knitwear, gifts from Norwegian teachers Jolanta Nylund and Inga Hanne Dokka who visited the lab with their...
View ArticleImproving data analytics for better science
Andrew PurcellThe CERN Data Centre processes a staggering 1000 terabytes of data every day, which is the equivalent of around 210,000 DVDs. And, at peak times, the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid may...
View ArticleCMS to improve underground fire-fighting system
Achintya RaoCMS has many different safety systems installed in the underground experimental area. These are designed to protect the detector and all the associated electronics as well as the cavern...
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The very model of a modern pi-mode structure
Katarina AnthonyThe newly assembled PIMS cavity undergoes testing in CERN's Main Workshop (Image: CERN)Linac 4's PI-Mode Structures (PIMS) are the first structures of their kind to accelerate protons....
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LHC collimators: Precision is in their nature
Antonella del RossoThe internal structure of a new LHC collimator featuring (see red arrow) one of the beam position monitor's pickups (Image: CERN)They are more than 100 of them in the LHC ring and...
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ATLAS outreach without borders
Stephanie HillsKate Shaw (right) with students at M'sila University in Algeria (Image: Physics without Frontiers)A version of this article first appeared in UK News from CERN.Taking particle physics to...
View ArticleWebcast: CERN-UN roundtable discussion
Today at 3pm CET, CERN and UN Geneva are holding a roundtable discussion about the challenges of communicating science.Watch the webcast live here at 3pm CETFor more details see:...
View ArticleSign up now for Raspberry Pi programming day at CERN
William BellCERN is hosting a Raspberry Pi programming day on 12 April 2014. The event includes a hands-on workshop and a series of presentations of different projects with the Raspberry Pi. The...
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Plat du jour: short films!
The theme for this year's CineGlobe film festival is 'Beyond the frontier' (Image: CineGlobe)How about if, for a change, you forgot your lunch meeting and went to the movies with your colleagues (or...
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Cool running for CMS tracker
The CMS Tracker Outer Barrel (TOB) shown in a clean room before its installation into the detector in 2008 (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)By successfully passing a recent ‘Master Cold Test’, the CMS...
View ArticleFrançois de Rose: Memoirs of a CERN pioneer
Corinne PralavorioSixty years ago, a handful of European scientists saw their dream of cooperation come true. Thanks to their efforts, nations which had been torn apart during the war came together to...
View ArticleThorium: An energy source for the world of tomorrow ?
To meet the world energy needs, systematic R&D has to be pursued to replace fossil fuels. The ThEC13 conference organized by iThEC at CERN last October has shown that thorium is being seriously...
View ArticleFabiola Gianotti announces CERN's switch to Comic Sans
Former ATLAS spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti announces the change to Comic Sans (Video: CERN) From today, all of CERN's official communication channels are switching to exclusive use of the font Comic...
View ArticleNew CERN parking rules as of 1 April
Due to the steadily increasing number of cars on Meyrin site and the limited number of parking space new parking rules will be enforced at all gates as of April 1st. From that date on, only cars whose...
View ArticleArt meets science in the work of Alberto di Fabio
Arts @ CERN is delighted to invite you to the Council Chamber at 1pm and meet Alberto Di Fabio, who will be giving a presentation.Di Fabio was born in Avezzano in 1966, and studied at the Academia...
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