A new era of safety at CERN
CERN is modernising its safety policy and organisational structure in matters of Safety with the introduction of new reference documents that have come into force on 29 September. These texts adapt the...
View ArticleWright Science Colloquium: Revelations about the Sun
A series of fascinating lectures about the Sun and a sound and light show are being organised by the Wright Science Colloquium, which takes place from 10 to 14 November.You might think we know all...
View ArticleCERN & Society launches donation portal
Cian O'LuanaighThe CERN & Society programme brings together projects in the areas of education and outreach, innovation and knowledge exchange, and culture and arts, that spread the CERN spirit of...
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ALICE opens its new nerve centre
Antonella Del RossoThe ALICE Run Control Centre (Image: ALICE)Twenty-nine fully equipped and ergonomic workstations, one meeting area and 11 large format screens in a completely refurbished room: the...
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CMS launches new educational tools
Corinne PralavorioCMS Masterclass participants (Image: CERN)The pupils took over a hall at CERN for an afternoon to test a new software tool called CIMA (CMS Instrument for Masterclass Analysis) for...
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CERN’s Japanese pied-a-terre (and vice versa)
Barbara WarmbeinSigning ceremony at KEK for new international offices of KEK and CERN.CERN and the Japanese high-energy accelerator research laboratory KEK have a long history of collaboration. An...
View ArticleThe ATLAS experiment on Scholarpedia
Abha Eli PhobooAn overview of the ATLAS experiment written by physicists Monica Dunford and Peter Jenni has been published on Scholarpedia. The article is the first in the series on experimental...
View ArticleBusiness incubator of CERN tech opens in Greece
Cian O'LuanaighToday CERN and the business incubator Technopolis Thessaloniki Incubator S.A. announced the launch of a new Business Incubation Centre (BIC) for CERN technologies in Greece. The...
View ArticleCERN’s DG starts blogging for Huffington Post
Sophie HethertonToday, Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General, published a blog post on Huffington Post. This is the first post in a series to be published in a blog for the online news aggregator. The...
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CERN inaugurates steel sculpture
Cian O'Luanaigh"Wandering the immeasurable"– a 15-tonne sculpture next to the Globe of Science and Innovation (Image: CERN)At a ceremony on Saturday morning, CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer and Mayor...
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Ecumenical Patriarch visits CERN
Sophie HethertonHis All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and his entourage visited the CMS experiment before meeting a group of international scientists led by CERN Director-General Rolf...
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ICTP: theorists in the developing world
Christine SuttonFernando Quevedo, director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP (Image: ICTP Photo Archives)Only ten years younger than CERN, the Abdus Salam...
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News from the CERN Council
Fabiola Gianotti (left) and President of CERN Council Agnieszka Zalewska sign Gianotti's contract as the next Director-General of CERN. Gianotti's five-year mandate will start on 1 January 2016 (Image:...
View ArticleIn their own words
CERN appeared a gigantic enterprise to the young people who started to work for the fledgling organization from 1952 onwards. The adventure was vividly described via recollections recorded in...
View ArticleLift15 - tickets available for CERN people
The Lift conference is one of Europe’s key events about innovation and digital technologies. This year's conference – Feb. 4–6 2015 at CICG, Geneva – will feature a special blend of inspiring speeches...
View ArticleKeep calm and share science!
Antonella Del RossoPhysics Famelab teaser (Video: CERN)FameLab is the exciting competition for young researchers that is conquering the world of science communication. CERN, which was already a partner...
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A day in the CERN Control Centre
Rosaria MarraffinoSeen from above, the CERN Control Centre resembles the shape of a quadrupole magnet. The consoles are distributed in four circles, called “islands”, dedicated to the Large Hadron...
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The poetry of (POP) science
Rosaria MarrafinoAfter participating as a volunteer in the 2014 European Researchers’ Night – when the POPScience poetry competition was officially launched – Thomas Otto decided to take part in the...
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Connecting Worlds: Buddhist Master visits CERN
Sarah CharleyHis Holiness the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)One of the highest ranking Buddhist Masters, His Holiness the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa, came to CERN today for the event...
View ArticleLHC restart update
LHC run 2 is coming ever closer. Seven of the machine’s eight sectors have successfully been commissioned to the 2015 operating energy of 6.5 TeV per beam, and the eighth is not far behind. There will,...
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