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LHC sets new world record
Geneva, 30 November 2009. CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider has today become the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National
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Two circulating beams bring first collisions in the LHC
Geneva, 23 November 2009. Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in
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The LHC is back
Geneva, 20 November 2009. Particle beams are once again circulating in the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This news comes after the machine was handed over for operation on Wednesday morning. A clockwise circulating beam was established at ten o’clock this evening. This is an important milestone on the road
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“Voyage to the Heart of Matter” in pop-up form
Geneva, 19 October 2009. Voyage to the Heart of Matter, a new pop-up book about the science of CERN1‘s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), focusing on the ATLAS experiment, will be published on 9 November in London. Other language editions will follow. Journalists are invited to the press launch of the UK edition at 10am on
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CinéGlobe 2010 international short film festival invites films for three competitions
Geneva, 19 August. The next edition of the CinéGlobe International Short Film Festival will take place the 16-20th of February 2010 at CERN1 near Geneva, Switzerland. Filmmakers are invited to submit their work to one of three competitions: Entry is free via shortfilmdepot.com – review copies can be sent on DVD or can be uploaded
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LHC to run at 3.5 TeV for early part of 2009-2010 run rising later
Geneva, 6 August 2009. CERN’s1 Large Hadron Collider will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year. This news comes after all tests on the machine’s high-current electrical connections were completed last week, indicating that no further repairs are necessary for safe running. "We've selected
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CERN and EU Commission agree on closer scientific partnership
Geneva, 17 July 2009. Today in Brussels, CERN1 and the European Commission are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims to enhance the long-standing partnership between the two organizations. The MoU will provide a structured framework for cooperation across a broad range of issues of common interest, with emphasis on consolidating and further
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Grids Step-up to a Set of New Records: Scale Testing for the Experiment Programme ’09 (STEP’09)
Geneva, 1 July 2009. Preparations are under way for the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) the world's most powerful particle accelerator. One of the most important systems needed to support the experiments that will utilise this great machine is the global computing grid: the worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). After months of preparation
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CERN awarded environmental label
Geneva, 25 June 2009. On 9 June, CERN1 was awarded the “Nature & Economie” label by the Swiss Foundation of the same name, in recognition of its land management on the Meyrin site. The label is awarded to organisations that contribute to biological diversity, and at least 30% of the green areas around buildings have
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CERN reports on progress towards LHC restart
Geneva, 19 June 2009. At the 151st session of the CERN1 Council today, CERN Director General Rolf Heuer confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) remains on schedule for a restart this autumn, albeit about 2-3 weeks later than originally foreseen. Following the incident of 19 September 2008 that brought the LHC to a standstill,