Category: Miscellaneous

  • Gian Vittorio Frigo (1939 – 2026)

    Gian Vittorio Frigo (1939 – 2026)

    Gian Vittorio Frigo (1939 – 2026) — CERN has lost one of its most singular minds. Gian Vittorio Frigo – a pioneer of IT engineering, a practising guitarist, a meticulous cook and an endlessly generous host – has left us, and the world is a quieter and less colourful place for it. To those who

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  • A meeting at the United Nations on gender equality

    Engineer Laurette Ponce of the CERN Control Centre spoke of her career in science and technology at a recent UN meeting on gender equality

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  • CERN turns 60 and celebrates peaceful collaboration for science

    Geneva, 29 September 2014. Today, CERN1, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is blowing out 60 candles at an event attended by official delegations from 35 countries. Founded in 1954, CERN is today the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and a prime example of international collaboration, bringing together scientists of almost 100 nationalities.

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