CERN visits your home
CERN visits your home thortalaThu, 07/16/2020 - 17:37Fancy a dive into the mysteries of the infinitesimally small? This week, CERN has launched a series of virtual lectures hosted by scientists. You...
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Computer Security: CERN has been phished again
Computer Security: CERN has been phished againThe Computer Security TeamanschaefFri, 07/17/2020 - 11:16At the end of June, CERN saw yet another phishing campaign against its staff and users. About 21...
View Article30 July: Annual diesel generators tests
30 July: Annual diesel generators testsEN-EL groupanschaefMon, 07/20/2020 - 10:31CERN safety network, the annual diesel generators tests of the Meyrin site, SPS, Prévessin, North Area, LHC1 to LHC8 and...
View ArticleCERN’s digital memory in colour
CERN’s digital memory in colourJean-Yves Le MeurthortalaWed, 07/22/2020 - 09:01A kaleidoscope of digitised memoriesIn 2017, the IT department launched a large-scale programme to digitise CERN’s...
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The Higgs boson: Revealing nature’s secrets
The Higgs boson: Revealing nature’s secretsAchintya RaoachintyaWed, 07/22/2020 - 11:48 An ATLAS event with 4 muons. The four muons are picked out as long blue tracks. (Image: CERN)“For me, it’s an...
View ArticleSubmit your project to the CERN Knowledge Transfer Fund and the Medical...
Submit your project to the CERN Knowledge Transfer Fund and the Medical Applications BudgetthortalaWed, 07/22/2020 - 11:05The CERN Knowledge Transfer (KT) Fund and the Medical Applications (MA) Budget...
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CERN, SKAO, GÉANT and PRACE to collaborate on high-performance computing
CERN, SKAO, GÉANT and PRACE to collaborate on high-performance computingAndrew PurcellachintyaWed, 07/22/2020 - 12:38 (Image: CERN)Today, four leading research organisations formed a pioneering...
View ArticleUpdated COVID-19-related health and safety measures
Updated COVID-19-related health and safety measuresDoris Forkel-WirthJames PurviscmenardTue, 07/21/2020 - 16:31As businesses re-open and we adapt to the new normal, we should not forget that the...
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NA62 sees first significant evidence of rare process
NA62 sees first significant evidence of rare processAchintya RaoachintyaWed, 07/29/2020 - 11:39 NA62 Hall overview (Image: CERN)Physicists look for new physics phenomena in many ways. One is by...
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COVID-19 and heatwaves: a double challenge
COVID-19 and heatwaves: a double challenge CERN Medical ServiceanschaefMon, 07/06/2020 - 11:41 The Medical Service outlines the preventive measures to be taken in with the event of a heatwave during...
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CERN experiments announce first indications of a rare Higgs boson process
CERN experiments announce first indications of a rare Higgs boson processabhaMon, 08/03/2020 - 14:22 Candidate event displays of Higgs boson decaying into two muons as recorded by CMS (left) and ATLAS...
View ArticleA new coating technique for accelerating crab cavities
A new coating technique for accelerating crab cavitiesThomas HortalathortalaTue, 07/28/2020 - 10:05Research being done as part of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study is already bearing fruit, as...
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CERN’s neutrino success story
CERN’s neutrino success storyMatthew ChalmersachintyaTue, 08/04/2020 - 12:57 DUNE dual phase 2019 (Image: CERN)The neutrino is the most ethereal of particles. Tens of billions of them emanating from...
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Rare phenomenon observed by ATLAS features the LHC as a high-energy photon...
Rare phenomenon observed by ATLAS features the LHC as a high-energy photon collidercagrigorWed, 08/05/2020 - 09:11 A 2018 ATLAS event display consistent with the production of a pair of W bosons from...
View ArticleComputer Security: Presenting images that are not yours…
Computer Security: Presenting images that are not yours…The Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 08/11/2020 - 11:32Conference season is coming up again – maybe in a different setting to what we are used...
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ISOLDE reveals fundamental property of rarest element on Earth
ISOLDE reveals fundamental property of rarest element on EarthAna LopesabelchioThu, 07/30/2020 - 10:26 (Image: CERN)A team of researchers using the ISOLDE nuclear-physics facility at CERN has measured...
View ArticleApply now for ISOTDAQ 2021
Apply now for ISOTDAQ 2021anschaefMon, 08/10/2020 - 10:52The 12th International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition (ISOTDAQ) will introduce those with an education in physics, engineering or...
View ArticleBack to school in a new building
Back to school in a new buildingAnaïs SchaefferanschaefMon, 08/10/2020 - 11:48The Jardin des Particules, the crèche and nursery school run by the Staff Association, will welcome children back after the...
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Horst Wenninger (1938 – 2020)
Horst Wenninger (1938 – 2020)achintyaMon, 08/10/2020 - 18:31 Portrait of CERN’s former Research and Technical director (Image: CERN)A newly promoted middle manager at CERN was angry. Some of the...
View ArticleBreaking new ground in the search for dark matter
Breaking new ground in the search for dark matterAna LopesachintyaWed, 08/12/2020 - 10:29The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is renowned for the hunt for and discovery of the Higgs boson, but in the 10...
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