Category: At CERN

  • Second Open Competition for Collide@CERN-Geneva Residency Award announced today

    Geneva, 06 December 2012. CERN1 and the City and Canton of Geneva today announce the second open call for entries in the Collide @ CERN-Geneva2 award. This year, the award funded by the City and Canton of Geneva, will be made specifically in film. The competition is open to film makers and screenwriters who work

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  • Particle physics: a valuable driver of innovation in medicine

    The 10th anniversary of ENLIGHT marks a good occasion a look back at the important contributions particle physics has made to medicine

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  • William J Willis (1932-2012)

    William J Willis (1932-2012)

    Physicist with wide-ranging interests who brought a new detector concept to CERN in the 1970s

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  • Paul Beynel (1944-2012)

    Paul Beynel (1944-2012)

    Member of the Radiation Protection group who tested materials and components that were used in the construction of the SPS

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  • Our top priority

    It is important to plan ahead, particularly since the lead times for new projects in particle physics are long, and our field is increasingly global

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  • Second Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN laureate announced

    Linz/Geneva, 8 November 2012. The second Prix1 Ars Electronica2 Collide @ CERN3 was today awarded to the 65-year-old American artist, Bill Fontana4. With an international reputation for pioneering experiments in “sound art” that has featured in some of the world’s leading arts institutions, Fontana continues to push the boundaries of his artistic work. “We are

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  • Gilles Jobin to deliver final lecture of his artistic residency at CERN

    Geneva, 30 October 2012. On 6 November at 18:00, Gilles Jobin1, first winner of the Collide @ CERN Geneva prize2, will be talking about his Collide @ CERN residency and performing extracts of movements generated during his time at the laboratory. The Collide @ CERN Geneva prize celebrates the unique relationship between CERN3 and the

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  • Towards a wider dialogue

    The recent Wilton Park meeting examined three very different world-views: science, philosophy and theology

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  • Ready, set, logo!

    CERN’s new graphic charter gets an official launch

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  • CERN brings particle physics to the Frankfurt Book Fair

    Geneva and Frankfurt, 10 October 2012. CERN1 is today showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair2. As well as a range of books looking at the science of CERN and the LHC, the Laboratory will unveil a new interactive LHC time tunnel display and announce a collaboration with games developer Rovio to develop new

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