CERN and ATTRACT featured at Falling Walls 2020
CERN and ATTRACT featured at Falling Walls 2020Claudia Marcelloni de OliveiraanschaefTue, 01/26/2021 - 11:55 (Image: CERN)The Falling Walls conference featured CERN during its online 2020 event,...
View ArticleLooking back on 50 years of hadron colliders
Looking back on 50 years of hadron colliders Thomas HortalathortalaTue, 01/26/2021 - 09:50On 27 January 1971, the first proton collisions inside the Intersecting Storage Rings at CERN heralded the...
View ArticleLS2 Report: Getting ready for the future of physics in the East Area
LS2 Report: Getting ready for the future of physics in the East Area Thomas HortalathortalaTue, 01/26/2021 - 19:54The East Area may have been inaugurated more than 50 years ago, yet it is still as...
View ArticlePotassium nucleus loses some of its magic
Potassium nucleus loses some of its magicAna LopesabelchioThu, 01/28/2021 - 16:59The magic seems to be ebbing away from some atomic nuclei. The latest measurements of the sizes of potassium nuclei rich...
View ArticleEstonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to Membership
Estonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to MembershipcagrigorMon, 02/01/2021 - 12:45Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General (left) and Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador of the...
View ArticleAdditive manufacturing opens up new prospects at CERN
Additive manufacturing opens up new prospects at CERNThomas HortalathortalaTue, 02/02/2021 - 11:52 Plastic and metal equipment printed with CERN's 3D printers (Image: CERN)The advantage of additive...
View ArticleNew e-learning “COVID-19 - Proximeter & Contact Tracing”
New e-learning “COVID-19 - Proximeter & Contact Tracing” thortalaWed, 02/03/2021 - 14:30A new online course “COVID-19 - Proximeter & Contact Tracing” is available on CERN’s Learning Hub.The...
View ArticleCERN collaborations open new horizons for cancer therapy
CERN collaborations open new horizons for cancer therapy Thomas HortalathortalaThu, 02/04/2021 - 09:40The quest for improved cancer treatment continues, as recent progress in medical technology brings...
View ArticleImplementing a vision for CERN’s future
Implementing a vision for CERN’s futureFabiola GianottithortalaThu, 02/04/2021 - 10:41The European strategy for particle physics (ESPP), updated by the CERN Council in June 2020, lays the foundations...
View ArticleDonation of CERN computing equipment to Ghana
Donation of CERN computing equipment to GhanaMélissa GaillardthortalaThu, 02/04/2021 - 11:19Computing equipment donated to the Takoradi Technical University has left CERN on 26 January 2021 for...
View ArticleWomen and Girls in Science and Technology goes hybrid
Women and Girls in Science and Technology goes hybridMarie BouvierthortalaTue, 02/09/2021 - 10:27From 1 to 5 February 2021, some 40 women volunteers from CERN, EPFL and the University of Geneva gave...
View ArticleCLOUD at CERN reveals the role of iodine acids in atmospheric aerosol formation
CLOUD at CERN reveals the role of iodine acids in atmospheric aerosol formationcagrigorFri, 02/05/2021 - 09:13 Iodine emitted from the sea and ice is converted by ozone and sunlight into iodic acid and...
View ArticleATLAS finds evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay
ATLAS finds evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay katebradMon, 02/08/2021 - 09:33 A collision event captured by the ATLAS detector in 2017 featuring a photon and two highly-collimated muons. The...
View ArticleIntroducing CARA, CERN’s COVID Airborne Risk Assessment tool
Introducing CARA, CERN’s COVID Airborne Risk Assessment tool HSE UnitthortalaTue, 02/09/2021 - 10:06Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, CERN has favoured a proactive response to the virus...
View ArticleRoland Windmolders (1940 – 2020)
Roland Windmolders (1940 – 2020)anschaefTue, 02/09/2021 - 10:57 (Image: CERN)Roland Windmolders, our dear colleague, died suddenly on 27 November 2020 in Prévessin (FR). Of Belgian nationality, he...
View ArticleCERN at third Big Science Business Forum webinar on 18 February
CERN at third Big Science Business Forum webinar on 18 FebruaryPriyanka DasguptaanschaefTue, 02/09/2021 - 11:17 (Image: CERN)Third BSBF webinar on technology transfer in the big science market on 18...
View ArticleJoin UK@CERN 2021: connecting technology experts with UK companies
Join UK@CERN 2021: connecting technology experts with UK companiesanschaefTue, 02/09/2021 - 11:53During a previous version of the industrial exhibition UK@CERN (Image: CERN)Organised by CERN in...
View ArticleLS2 Report: Making a movie of the PS beam
LS2 Report: Making a movie of the PS beam Thomas HortalathortalaTue, 02/09/2021 - 09:39To answer the thorny question of how to monitor a particle beam that threatens to destroy any device that dares...
View ArticleThe world needs diverse and inclusive science
The world needs diverse and inclusive scienceCharlotte Lindberg WarakaulleanschaefWed, 02/10/2021 - 09:5111 February is the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an occasion to remind the...
View ArticleAEgIS on track to test free fall of antimatter
AEgIS on track to test free fall of antimatterMatthew ChalmersanschaefThu, 02/11/2021 - 09:51It’s a fundamental law of physics that even the most ardent science-phobe can define: matter falls down...
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