Category: At CERN
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Turkey to become Associate Member State of CERN
Geneva, 12 May 2014. CERN1 Director General Rolf Heuer and Mr Taner Yildiz, Minister for Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey today signed an agreement admitting Turkey to CERN Associate Membership, subject to ratification by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Meclis. “The Turkish scientific community has a long and proud
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The Third Collide@CERN-Geneva prize in Music and Sound awarded to two artists
Geneva, 29 April 2014. CERN1, the City and the Canton of Geneva have awarded the third Collide @ CERN-Geneva prize2 jointly for the first time to two artists – the guitarist Vincent Hanni3 who is a member of the band The Young Gods and the installation artist Rudy Decelière4. The award was made for their
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CERN and ESA sign cooperation agreement
Geneva, 28 March 2014. At a ceremony today at Geneva airport, CERN1 and ESA signed a framework agreement for future cooperation on research and technology in areas of mutual interest. Future areas may include the development and characterization of innovative materials for applications in extreme conditions and for cutting-edge scientific performances, the development of new
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François de Rose (1910-2014)
A founding father of CERN who went on to become President of the CERN Council from 1957 to 1960
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International team of LHC and Tevatron scientists announces first joint result
Chicago, USA and Geneva, Switzerland, 19 March 2014. Scientists working on the world’s leading particle collider experiments have joined forces, combined their data and produced the first joint result from Fermilab1’s Tevatron and CERN2’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), past and current holders of the record for most powerful particle collider on Earth. Scientists from the
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CERN celebrates 60 years of science for peace
Geneva, 18 March 2014. CERN1 is celebrating 60 years of science for peace in 2014, with events at the Organization’s Geneva laboratory and in its Members States. Festivities will focus on two key events. The first is on 1 July at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, where the Organization’s 12 founding members established the CERN Convention