Category: At CERN
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Three teams of secondary school pupils from the Netherlands, Pakistan and the United States have been selected to carry out their own experiments using accelerator beams from CERN and DESY
Geneva and Hamburg, 28 June 2023. In 2023, for the second time in the history of the Beamline for Schools competition, the evaluation committee selected three winning teams. The team “Myriad Magnets” from the Philips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, United States, and the team “Particular Perspective”, which brings together pupils from the Islamabad College for
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Bike2Work at CERN reaches new heights
More than 1000 Cernois have joined a “Bike to Work” team – take part in the upcoming Critical Mass event to celebrate this achievement!
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Roger Bailey (1954 – 2023)
Roger Bailey(1954 – 2023) — It was with deep sadness that we learned that Roger Bailey passed away on 1 June while out mountain biking in Valais. He was 69. Roger began his career with a doctorate in experimental particle physics from the University of Sheffield in 1979, going on to a postdoctoral position at
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CMS honours its 2022 Award and PhD Thesis Award winners
CMS PhD Thesis Award winners 2022 Every year, the CMS collaboration recognises the outstanding achievements of young scientists through this award, highlighting the exceptional contributions made by doctoral researchers in advancing the field of high-energy physics. From the 32 nominations received this year, three winners were selected by the committee: Angira Rastogi, Willem Verbeke and
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Joan Heemskerk wins CERN’s Collide Copenhagen residency award
Joan Heemskerk, one of the pioneers of web-based art, has been selected as the winner of this year’s edition
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A diverse meeting for a diverse fire brigade
CERN’s Fire and Rescue service hosts the 18th meeting of the CTIF Commission for Women in Fire and Rescue Services
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CERN marks World Environment Day with a new video
Monday 5 June marked the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, one of the United Nations’ vehicles for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment
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Klaus Bätzner (1936 – 2022)
Klaus Bätzner(1936 – 2022) — It was with great sadness that we recently learned that our friend and former colleague Klaus Bätzner passed away in December 2022. Klaus devoted his career to CERN. Among the many projects he worked on were the Proton Synchrotron (PS) and increasing the energy of the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS)
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Eleven successful years and counting for the Be a Scientist project
For 684 budding scientists from schools in the local area, the 11th edition of the Be a scientist project wrapped up on Thursday, 11 May 2023.