Category: At CERN

  • New ALICE management takes over from January 2023

    New ALICE management takes over from January 2023

    Marco van Leeuwen, senior scientist at Nikhef (Netherlands), has taken over from Luciano Musa as ALICE spokesperson as of early January 2023. He will lead the collaboration for the coming three years. Elected by the ALICE Collaboration Board, Marco comes to the position after serving as the upgrade coordinator for the last three years, and

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  • CERN supports open access publishing for books

    CERN supports open access publishing for books

    CERN is moving one step closer to achieving full open access for academic books in high-energy physics and related disciplines by participating in the SCOAP3 for books initiative

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  • Assessing the seismic safety of CERN’s installations

    Assessing the seismic safety of CERN’s installations

    Surrounded by the Alps, the Jura and Lake Geneva, CERN is located in a particularly complex geological setting, which also happens to be a non-negligible earthquake-prone region. Compared to the rest of Europe, Switzerland has a moderate seismic risk, but the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) indicates that earthquake activity is not evenly distributed throughout the

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  • Jean Mourier (1949 – 2022)

    Jean Mourier (1949 – 2022)

    Jean Mourier(1949 – 2022) — It is with great sadness that we announce the passing – at far too young an age, as all those who knew him will agree – of Jean Mourier, who worked at CERN from 1974 to 2009. He contributed to the Organization’s activities in various ways throughout his long career,

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  • From CERN to space: staff member selected to join the ESA 2022 astronaut class

    From CERN to space: staff member selected to join the ESA 2022 astronaut class

    Selected out of more than 22 500 applicants, CERN engineer Sławosz Uznański from Poland has been chosen as one of the 11 members of the ESA 2022 astronaut class in the reserve pool

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  • CERN staff member now ESA astronaut

    CERN staff member now ESA astronaut

    Congratulations to CERN staff member Slawosz Uznanski for making it to the new class of European Space Agency astronauts in the reserve pool

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  • Donald Perkins (1925 – 2022)

    Donald Perkins (1925 – 2022)

    Donald Perkins(1925 – 2022) — British physicist Don Perkins, who played a significant role in shaping the world of particle physics from the 1940s onwards, passed away on 30 October at the age of 97. After graduating from Imperial College, London, Perkins obtained a PhD under the supervision of Nobel Laureate George Paget Thomson. As

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  • Science Gateway: the first trees for the forest have arrived

    Science Gateway: the first trees for the forest have arrived

    Forty-five large trees have been delivered to CERN this month. More than 400 trees will ultimately make up the Science Gateway forest

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  • Mobility is changing at CERN

    Mobility is changing at CERN

    Contribute to the evolution of mobility at CERN by taking a new survey

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  • Celebrating LGBTQ+ in STEM

    18 November marks LGBTQ+ STEM Day – Inclusion is for Everyone

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