CERN presents the Music of Physics at Montreux
Abha Eli PhobooThis week at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Petit Palais was filled to capacity for a truly stellar performance inspired by CERN and the cosmos.As part of CERN’s 60th...
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Fifty years of EMBO
Christine SuttonThe first meeting of the ECMB, later established as EMBO’s supporting body, took place at CERN in April 1967. From the left: CERN DG Bernard Gregory, Willy Spühler, Swiss federal...
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CMS holds first-ever induction session for young researchers
Participants and organisers at CMS Point 5 (Image: Achintya Rao) by Juska Pekkanen and Nairit SurCMS held a special introductory session for newcomers and young members of the collaboration on 17 and...
View ArticleSummer Student Webfest: A weekend for science on the web
Are you passionate about science? Do you like communicating that passion to the general public? Then come along to the 3rd CERN Summer Student Webfest on the weekend of 1-3 August! It's a grassroots...
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A new Run Control Centre for ALICE
Federico RonchettiThis article first appeared in ALICE Matters, the fortnightly newsletter of the ALICE experiment.The new ALICE Run Control Centre was inaugurated on the occasion of the collaboration...
View ArticleThe gateway to CMS physics analysis
Sudhir MalikThe CMS Physics Analysis Toolkit (PAT) tutorial, the fifteenth edition of which ran from 30 June to 5 July, has come a long way. Started January 2009, these tutorials have trained around...
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Book now for CERN's 60th anniversary celebrations
This year CERN is celebrating 60 years of science for peace. On 29 September it will be exactly 60 years since the organization was founded and CERN is marking the occasion with a series of events,...
View ArticleHands-on work experience with CMS
Guest post forCylindrical Onionby Charlotte Jones, high-school student from Campion School, UKLast week, I was lucky enough to spend an amazing week on work experience with Dave Barney of CMS, doing...
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Lightning talks from the CERN openlab Summer Students
The CERN openlab students for 2014 visit the CMS experiment (Image: Achintya Rao/CERN)Next week, on Tuesday 19 August, the CERN openlab Summer Students 2014 will present their work at a dedicated...
View ArticleRegistration for ISOTDAQ 2015 now open
Registration is now open for the International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition (ISOTDAQ), which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 28 January to 5 February 2015. The deadline for...
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Discover PopScience on Researcher's Night
On Friday 26 September 2014, CERN will be celebrating European Researchers' Night at three venues in Geneva and St. Genis-Pouilly. Inspired by Andy Warhol, this year's theme is “Pop science is for...
View Article4th edition of the Diversity in Action workshop
Kristin KaltenhauserThe CERN Diversity Programme is hosting its 4th edition of the interactive Diversity in Action workshop, designed to creatively explore the meaning and importance of diversity at...
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Memories of the great adventure of LEP
Herwig Schopper in 1982, when he was CERN Director-General, in front of a map of the LEP collider and its experiments. (CERN)A special symposium will take place this afternoon in CERN’s main auditorium...
View Article60 years celebrations: useful information
This is an eventful week. Read this summary and don’t miss these unique events!17.09: the « 60 years of Peace» webcast will be available in the original language only.19.09: CERN People are cordially...
View ArticleCelebrating the first of a kind
This joint opinion piece was written by Agnieszka Zalewska, President of CERN Council, and Rolf Heuer, CERN Director-General.It was on 7 and 8 October 1954 that the first meeting of the CERN Council...
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CERN security catches laptop and bike thieves
Antonella Del Rosso(Image: Katarina Anthony)In the summer, when offices are empty and the library is full of new faces, it may seem like a perfect opportunity to steal IT equipment. However, as we...
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Beamline for schools: beyond expectations
Cian O'LuanaighDetector physicist Cenk Yidriz (centre, white helmet) explains the setup of the "Beamline for schools" experiment at the T9 beamline (Image: Guillaume Jeanerret)Out of 292 proposals for...
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Challenge-Based Innovation course welcomes new students
Kate KahleThe CBI students at IdeaSquare – a CERN building currently being renovated, which will be inaugurated in December (Image: Challenge Based Innovation)What do you get when you mix students from...
View ArticleFilm series brings CERN people to the world
Sophie HethertonCreated by filmmaker Liz Mermin, a new YouTube series puts the spotlight on CERN people. This set of short films offers new insight into the daily lives of CERN physicists.The new...
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See how people wished CERN a Happy Birthday with #MyCERN60
Kate KahleIn the run up to 29 September, the hashtag #MyCERN60 gave CERN people and CERN’s followers on social media the chance to wish CERN a happy 60th birthday. Here are some of the highlights.When...
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