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CERN Council takes important steps forward
Geneva, 21 June 2002. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 122nd session today under the chairmanship of Professor Maurice Bourquin (CH). Following the meeting Council issued this statement. Confidence in CERN – in its management, in its ability
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21 June 2002
Geeneva, 21 June 2002. Last year, CERN1 and its Council were confronted with evidence of a major funding shortfall for the completion of the LHC Project. In response, the Council asked the Director-General to propose a plan to redeploy CERN’s resources. In parallel, the Council established an External Review Committee (ERC) under the chairmanship of
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Get Physical! – Physics Returns to Centre Stage
Geneva, 28 March 2002. Do you think physics is boring and difficult? Four hundred teachers and educational experts from 22 European countries are ready to change your mind at Physics on Stage 2 – a festival to highlight the most innovative ideas in teaching physics. Physics on Stage 2, which runs from 2-6 April, follows
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CERN prepares long term plan
Geneva, 22 March 2002. In September last year, CERN1‘s governing Council asked the Laboratory’s management to develop a budget and schedule for completion of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) programme with no increase in contributions from CERN’s twenty Member States. First ideas presented to Council by CERN management yesterday focus more of the Laboratory's resources
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Sci-Tech — Couldn’t be without it!
Geneva, 14 March 2002. Seven of Europe’s leading Research Organizations1 launch joint outreach programme for the European Science and Technology Week at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels on 22 March. Their aim is to show Europeans how today’s society couldn’t be without fundamental research. Could you imagine life without mobile phones, cars, CD players, TV,
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CERN launches new cancer therapy initiative
Geneva, 7 February 2002. The first meeting of a new European network for research in cancer therapy will be held at CERN1, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on 12 and 13 February 2002. ENLIGHT2 – the European Network for Research in Light Ion Therapy – aims to coordinate the development of a variety of
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Signatures of the Invisible comes to the home of its inspiration
Geneva, 28 January 2002. “Signatures of the Invisible”, an exhibition that is the result of a close collaboration between modern contemporary artists and CERN1‘s particle physicists opens at the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva on 7 February 2002. This exhibition, a joint project by the London Institute, the world's largest college of art and design,
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CERN reacts to increased cost to completion of LHC
Geneva, 14 December 2001. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 120th session on 14 December under the chairmanship of Prof. Maurice Bourquin (CH). Geneva, 14 December 2001. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States
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Live webcast from Europe’s leading Research Organisations
Geneva, 9 October 2001. Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? Are we alone? These questions have always fascinated humanity and for more than 30 years, physicists, biologists, chemists, cosmologists and astronomers have worked tirelessly to answer these questions. And now this November via webcast, all the world will have the opportunity to see the
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Major Milestone for LHC Systems
Geneva, 2 October 2001. It was all systems go for CERN1‘s forthcoming particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), last week when a chain of prototype magnets was successfully operated for the first time at the full magnetic field needed to achieve the high energy of the LHC’s particle beams. Known as String 2, the