Category: At CERN
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CERN illuminates the “Shadows of the Infinite”
Geneva, 23 October 2002. CERN1 the world’s leading particle physics research laboratory, has joined forces with the London Institute, one of the world’s leading institutions in creativity to bring about a European revolution in arts and science with the aid of funding from the EC. The London Institute will unveil five radical new fusions of
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Marie Curie Fellowships showcased at CERN
Geneva, 1 October 2002. CERN1 becomes a showcase for European Union (EU) research on 3-4 October when it hosts a workshop for EU-funded Marie Curie fellows working in various fields of physics and technology. The Marie Curie scheme gives young researchers from around the continent the mobility to go to wherever Europe’s best facilities in
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HP joins CERN collaboration to advance grid computing technologies
Geneva, 25 September 2002. CERN1 and HP2 today announced that HP would join the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications. This group is an industrial collaboration formed to push the limits of emerging Grid technologies by developing novel solutions to the massive data storage and analysis challenges of both the research community and the IT industry.
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Thousands of cold anti-atoms produced at CERN
Geneva, 18 September 2002. An international team of physicists working at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) facility at CERN* has announced the first controlled production of large numbers of antihydrogen atoms at low energies. After mixing cold clouds of trapped positrons and antiprotons – the antiparticles of the familiar electron and proton – under closely monitored
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CERN launches Europe-wide tests of Grid technology
Geneva, 16 September 2002. Budding computer experts from around the world will this week begin their own tests of the latest software developed by the European DataGrid 1 Project. Students attending the 2002 CERN2 School of Computing in Vico Equense, Italy, will be submitting jobs that can run anywhere on the Project’s current Grid, which
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Brazil and CERN express interest in establishing closer links
Geneva, 22 July 2002. The map of countries affiliated to CERN1, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, may in future include Brazil. On a visit to CERN on 18 July 2002, the Brazilian Minister of State for Science and Technology, H.E. Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, expressed his country’s interest in closer links to the Laboratory. During
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CERN Council takes important steps forward
Geneva, 21 June 2002. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 122nd session today under the chairmanship of Professor Maurice Bourquin (CH). Following the meeting Council issued this statement. Confidence in CERN – in its management, in its ability
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21 June 2002
Geeneva, 21 June 2002. Last year, CERN1 and its Council were confronted with evidence of a major funding shortfall for the completion of the LHC Project. In response, the Council asked the Director-General to propose a plan to redeploy CERN’s resources. In parallel, the Council established an External Review Committee (ERC) under the chairmanship of
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Get Physical! – Physics Returns to Centre Stage
Geneva, 28 March 2002. Do you think physics is boring and difficult? Four hundred teachers and educational experts from 22 European countries are ready to change your mind at Physics on Stage 2 – a festival to highlight the most innovative ideas in teaching physics. Physics on Stage 2, which runs from 2-6 April, follows
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CERN prepares long term plan
Geneva, 22 March 2002. In September last year, CERN1‘s governing Council asked the Laboratory’s management to develop a budget and schedule for completion of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) programme with no increase in contributions from CERN’s twenty Member States. First ideas presented to Council by CERN management yesterday focus more of the Laboratory's resources