Category: At CERN
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Sci-Tech — Couldn’t be without it!
Geneva, 14 March 2002. Seven of Europe’s leading Research Organizations1 launch joint outreach programme for the European Science and Technology Week at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels on 22 March. Their aim is to show Europeans how today’s society couldn’t be without fundamental research. Could you imagine life without mobile phones, cars, CD players, TV,
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CERN launches new cancer therapy initiative
Geneva, 7 February 2002. The first meeting of a new European network for research in cancer therapy will be held at CERN1, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on 12 and 13 February 2002. ENLIGHT2 – the European Network for Research in Light Ion Therapy – aims to coordinate the development of a variety of
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Signatures of the Invisible comes to the home of its inspiration
Geneva, 28 January 2002. “Signatures of the Invisible”, an exhibition that is the result of a close collaboration between modern contemporary artists and CERN1‘s particle physicists opens at the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva on 7 February 2002. This exhibition, a joint project by the London Institute, the world's largest college of art and design,
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CERN reacts to increased cost to completion of LHC
Geneva, 14 December 2001. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 120th session on 14 December under the chairmanship of Prof. Maurice Bourquin (CH). Geneva, 14 December 2001. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States
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Live webcast from Europe’s leading Research Organisations
Geneva, 9 October 2001. Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? Are we alone? These questions have always fascinated humanity and for more than 30 years, physicists, biologists, chemists, cosmologists and astronomers have worked tirelessly to answer these questions. And now this November via webcast, all the world will have the opportunity to see the
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Major Milestone for LHC Systems
Geneva, 2 October 2001. It was all systems go for CERN1‘s forthcoming particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), last week when a chain of prototype magnets was successfully operated for the first time at the full magnetic field needed to achieve the high energy of the LHC’s particle beams. Known as String 2, the
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CERN teams up with Leaders in Information Technology to build giant Data Grid
CERN1, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland announced today the creation of the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications. Three leading Information Technology firms: Enterasys Networks, Intel and KPNQwest have joined CERN to push forward this groundbreaking project in advanced distributed computing. Each company will invest 2.5 MCHF ($1.5M) over a period of
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CERN Council gives go ahead for LHC Computing Grid project
Geneva, 20 September 2001. The first phase of the LHC Computing Grid project was approved at an extraordinary meeting of the CERN1 Council on 20 September 2001. CERN is preparing for the unprecedented avalanche of data that will be produced by the multinational experiments at its new particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the
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CERN Hosts the 17th Magnet Technology Conference
Geneva, 20 September 2001. From Monday 24 to Friday 28 September, CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will host the 17th Magnet Technology (MT) Conference, the world’s largest conference focused exclusively on magnets and their applications, at the International Conference Centre in Geneva. Modern particle physics depends upon electromagnets, using them to guide
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CERN signs draft Memorandum of Understanding with Iran
Geneva, 5 July 2001. Iranian Minister for Science, Research and Technology, Dr Mostafa Moin, and CERN1 Director-General, Professor Luciano Maiani, today signed a draft Memorandum of Understanding concerning the participation of Iranian universities in the Laboratory’s scientific programme. Under this agreement, one Iranian researcher and three students will come to CERN to participate in the