CERN Updates
ISOLDE peers into the world of DNA
— Researchers at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have used an ultrasensitive variant of NMR spectroscopy to study DNA interactions
Filipino and Indian students win 2018 BL4S competition
— The Beamline for Schools contest is open to high-school students from around the world who want to experience the life of a scientist
Exploring future medical accelerators for cancer treatment
— This week, worldwide experts are gathering to explore future medical accelerators for treating cancer
Major work starts to boost the luminosity of the LHC
— A ground-breaking ceremony celebrates the start of the civil-engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC
Dive into the subatomic world at Art Basel
— HALO, an artwork conceived during the artists’ residency at CERN and inspired by ATLAS data will be exhibited from 13 to 17 June at Art Basel.
Big data and social media
— American Internet pioneer Vint Cerf presented “Big data and social media” at CERN
Neutron stars cast light on quark matter
— The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter
Higgs boson comes out on top
— New results from CMS and ATLAS experiments reveal how strongly the Higgs boson interacts with the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark
FRESCA2: a record field for an extraordinary magnet
— The FRESCA2 magnet, which will serve as a test station for the superconductors of the future, has set a new record of 14.6 teslas
From CERN to the clinic
— At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms
World’s first crabbing of a proton beam
— CERN successfully tests crab cavities, a key component of the High-Luminosity LHC
Long live the doubly charmed particle
— A year after the discovery of a new doubly charmed baryon, LHCb announces the measurement of its lifetime
Samuel Ting to present latest results from AMS
— At a seminar at CERN today, Nobel Prize winner Samuel Ting will deliver the latest results from the AMS experiment
OPERA presents its final results on neutrino oscillations
— All data are publicly available on the CERN Open Data portal
A bumper crop of LHC results at Quark Matter 2018
— The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference
Using CERN technology for medical challenges
— A healthcare kit for remote conditions and a screening system for anti-cancer pharmaceuticals are the winners of the first CERN Medtech:Hack
Are you up for the TrackML challenge?
— Can machine learning assist high-energy physics in discovering and characterising new particles?
CERN launches a new careers website
— An all-new user- and mobile-friendly CERN careers website launches today, find out more at careers.cern
Honey, I shrunk the vacuum chambers!
— A new technique developed at CERN will allow electron synchrotrons to operate at higher energies by reducing the diameter of the beam pipes
The 2018 data-taking run at the LHC has begun
— The LHC operators hope to break last year’s record for total proton-proton collisions delivered to the experiments
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