Category: At CERN
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25-hour days, runaway Higgs boson… Were you fooled?
On 1 April, CERN announced that a new measurement of the second, achieved with a caesium fountain clock, indicated that days were bound to get one hour longer, while the ATLAS and CMS collaborations breathed a sigh of relief after recovering the Higgs boson, which had mysteriously disappeared. With April Fools’ Day now behind us,
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Contributing to the emergency response in Türkiye in the aftermath of the earthquake
Marc Nas, Operations Officer and Deputy Group Leader of the CERN Fire and Rescue Service, describes his mission to support the international effort
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Time to change: CERN scientists propose 25-hour day
Scientists at the BETA experiment, in CERN’s Antimatter Factory, have made the most precise measurement of the second yet, which could result in the day lasting an hour longer
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Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary to collaborate through Collide International award
Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary join forces and announce the first open call for Collide Copenhagen
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Beware the deaf threat: noise awareness campaign
What do traffic, data centres, cooling towers, construction work, electric transformers and LHC compressors have in common? They all make for a noisy working environment
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First-stone ceremony of the CERN Library renovation
Members of the Scientific Information Policy Board, the library renovation project team and current and former SIS colleagues joined the ceremony at the construction site
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Discover the new LHCb exhibition
CERN’s Exhibitions section and LHCb have teamed up to overhaul the experiment’s public exhibition, which is now open to visitors – don’t miss it!
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The CERN Medical Service: an essential partner for our occupational health
In the event of an emergency or an injury, or if you need immediate assistance, call the Fire and Rescue Service directly on +41 22 767 4444. The CERN Medical Service was founded on 1 June 1965. It supports the Organization in its duty to monitor the health, in a work-related context, of just over
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine: one year on
On the first anniversary of the military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, CERN reiterates its condemnation of this unlawful act and deplores the untold suffering of the Ukrainian population. Over the past year, the Organization has put several measures in place to support Ukraine, and in particular the Ukrainian CERN community. Despite the
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CERN celebrates Data Protection Day with ESA, EMBL and ESO
On 30 January, CERN joined forces with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to host the 2023 edition of Data Protection Day, which was held online. This year’s discussions focused on the theme of artificial intelligence. More than 400 attendees listened to the various