Category: At CERN

  • Sylvestre Catin (1969 – 2016)

    Sylvestre Catin (1969 – 2016)

    With deep regret CERN announces the death of Sylvestre Catin on 2 April 2016

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  • Physics for all

    “Physics for all” ran the cover story on the March issue of Physics World magazine, and it’s a sentiment that we can surely all put our weight behind.

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  • Science: a model for collaboration?

    Two events in November featured CERN as a possible model for building trust across frontiers.

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  • Congratulations on the direct detection of gravitational waves

    This week saw the announcement of an extraordinary physics result: the first direct detection of gravitational waves.

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  • The Chamonix workshop: a key point in the CERN calendar

    Last week I attended the annual LHC performance workshop in Chamonix. This meeting is an essential part of the CERN calendar.

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  • Looking forward to a great year ahead

    The year 2016 will be very challenging but also very exciting for all of us at CERN.

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  • CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti

    Geneva, 18 December 2015. The 178th session of the CERN Council today saw the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN1’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti, who will take up her functions at the head of the Organization on 1 January 2016. On the same day, Sijbrand de Jong will become the

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  • The LHC collides ions at new record energy

    The LHC collides ions at new record energy

    Geneva, 25 November 2015. After the successful restart of the Large Hadron Collider and its first months of data taking with proton collisions at a new energy frontier, the LHC is moving to a new phase, with the first lead-ion collisions of season 2 at an energy about twice as high as that of any

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  • LHC luminosity upgrade project moving to next phase

    LHC luminosity upgrade project moving to next phase

    Geneva, 29 October 2015. This week more than 230 scientists and engineers from around the world met at CERN1 to discuss the High-Luminosity LHC – a major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will increase the accelerator’s discovery potential from 2025. Geneva, 29 October 2015. This week more than 230 scientists and engineers

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  • The CERN model as a possible template for global cooperation

    CERN’s relationship with the United Nations continues to thrive

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