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CERN data storage gets ready for Run 3

Extensive consolidation of the data storage infrastructure culminated in 2020 when the new CERN Tape Archive software (CTA) entered production

News
Computing
23 September, 2020
Computing
News
23 September, 2020

CERN meets quantum technology

The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative will explore the potential of devices harnessing perplexing quantum phenomena such as entanglement to enrich and expand its challenging research programme

News
Computing
30 September, 2020
Computing
News
30 September, 2020

A new phonebook for the CERN community

At the beginning of September, the CERN Phonebook was completely rebuilt, along with an additional layer of protection by putting it behind CERN single sign-on (SSO) and excluding lightweight account access

Official news
At CERN
29 September, 2020
At CERN
Official news
29 September, 2020

CERN campus network upgrade: occasional wired internet connection interruptions to be expected in the coming months

From now until the end of 2022, these wired internet connection interruptions will be kept to a minimum and notified to territorial safety officers early on

Announcement
Computing
29 September, 2020
Computing
Announcement
29 September, 2020

Computer Security: Insist to avoid troubles

The usage of pirated or otherwise illegal licences can have detrimental consequences to CERNs reputation as well as trigger financial repercussions

News
Computing
17 September, 2020
Computing
News
17 September, 2020

CERN will participate in the 4th Village des Sciences event in Ferney-Voltaire

Announcement
Knowledge sharing
29 September, 2020
Knowledge sharing
Announcement
29 September, 2020

LS2 Report: 144 new muon detectors in CMS

CMS now has a new layer of detectors: 144 gas electron multiplier (GEM) chambers have been installed to detect the muons produced in the very forward region of CMS

News
Experiments
29 September, 2020
Experiments
News
29 September, 2020

Flashes of electrons against cancer

Meet Steinar Stapnes, Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project leader, in the first of our Knowledge Transfer spotlight series

News
Knowledge sharing
29 September, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
29 September, 2020

NA63 makes crystal-clear study of radiation reaction

The NA63 collaboration has made a high-precision study of the phenomenon of radiation reaction, using particle beams and crystals

News
Physics
22 September, 2020

Keeping the ATLAS Inner Detector in perfect alignment

The ATLAS Inner Detector can measure the position of charged particles that pass through it to better than a 100th of a millimetre! To reach that precision, the detector must be aligned to equal or better accuracy

News
Experiments
30 September, 2020
Experiments
News
30 September, 2020

News from the September 2020 CERN Council

We would like to share with you some of the highlights of the September meetings of the Council and its committees

Opinion
At CERN
28 September, 2020
At CERN
Opinion
28 September, 2020

25 years ago: the strategic move to PCs in high-energy physics

In September 1995, a paper entitled “The PC as Physics Computer for LHC?” paved the way to a new era in high-energy physics computing

News
Computing
22 September, 2020
Computing
News
22 September, 2020