Category: At CERN

  • A pragmatic COVID scale system

    Much work has gone into CERN’s COVID scale and accompanying measures, which will be introduced on 1 June. The overriding objective of the new system is to provide better visibility on the measures that will be applicable at CERN in the coming months. These measures will guide several aspects of life at CERN, from telework

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  • Luc Pape (1939 – 2021)

    Luc Pape (1939 – 2021)

    Luc Pape(1939 – 2021) — It is with great sadness that we announce that our colleague and friend Luc Pape passed away on 9 April 2021 after a brief illness. Luc's long, rich career covered all aspects of our field, from the early days of bubble chamber (BC) physics in the 1960s and 1970s to

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  • The future of CERN’s accelerators and technology in an intriguing physics landscape

    On the accelerator and technology front, our core missions for the next few years have been mapped out in the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. Some are a continuation of established business: effective exploitation of our existing facilities and deployment of the ongoing HL-LHC upgrade. Another key focus is the extension

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  • Mouth-watering prospects for Research and Computing at CERN

    It’s great to be back at CERN after a gap of 21 years. Even if the middle of a pandemic is a strange time to arrive, it’s also a time to experience first-hand the strengths of this great Organization as it adapts to the evolving situation. We all have much to take satisfaction from in

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  • Pierluigi Riboni (1935 – 2020)

    Pierluigi Riboni(1935 – 2020) — Pierluigi Riboni passed away in Geneva on 9 November, aged 85, as a consequence of COVID-19. Born in Pavia, Italy, he graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1961 as a mechanical engineer. After working a few years for Montecatini in Porto Marghera near Venice, he joined CERN as the head of

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  • Latvia to join CERN as an Associate Member State

    Latvia to join CERN as an Associate Member State

    Representatives of CERN and of the Republic of Latvia signed an Agreement today admitting Latvia as a CERN Associate Member State

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  • Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia extend their partnership with the launch of “Connect”

    Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia extend their partnership with the launch of “Connect”

    This new programme will promote dialogue between the arts, science and technology for the next four years

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  • One year on

    On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. A few days later, CERN went into safe mode. Today, the Laboratory is still far from being the hive of activity and human interaction that we all crave, with a large fraction of the personnel still working from home. As a consequence of

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  • Herbert Lengeler (1931 – 2021)

    Herbert Lengeler (1931 – 2021)

    Herbert Lengeler(1931 – 2021) — It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Herbert Lengeler, an experimental physicist who made great contributions to the development of superconducting radiofrequency (SC RF) cavities. Herbert passed away peacefully on 26 January 2021, in his home, only three weeks short of his 90th birthday.

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  • Arnulfo Zepeda Domínguez (1943 – 2020)

    Arnulfo Zepeda Domínguez (1943 – 2020)

    Arnulfo Zepeda Domínguez(1943 – 2020) — Born in 1943 in San Luis de Potosí, Mexico, Arnulfo Zepeda graduated in nuclear engineering from the University of Prague in 1967. He then joined Cinvestav (the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional), where he obtained a PhD in physics in 1970, and

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