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CERN strengthens its technology transfer policy
Geneva, 16 March 1999. On 10 March 1999, the Finance Committee of CERN1 adopted the policy proposed by the new Management aimed at enhancing technology transfer between CERN and industry. The three main actions taken will be: promoting adequate intellectual property protection rights for new technologies developed at CERN and in collaborating institutes, encouraging the
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Fire at CERN
Geneva, 26 January 1999. At 9.15 a.m. on 26 January a fire broke out when part of a particle detector was being dismantled. This apparatus comprised 80 plates of depleted uranium which is used for its strong particle absorption power. Depleted uranium is only very slightly radioactive. The work was being done by two people
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Professor Llewellyn Smith ends mandate as Director-General
Geneva, 11 December 1998. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 111th session on 11 December under the chairmanship of Dr. Hans C. Eschelbacher (DE). End of Director-General's mandate Speakers representing the world community of particle physics praised the
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German industry answers the challenge of LHC
Geneva, 1 December 1998. The 7th German technology fair “Germany at CERN 1998” which is being held in CERN1‘s main building from the 1st to 3rd of December, provides the opportunity to extend and deepen the longstanding collaboration between German industry and CERN. This collaboration enables the research community to carry out experiments at an
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WWWelcome to CERN!
Geneva, 27 November 1998. CERN1, the laboratory which invented the World Wide Web has re-invented its public web site. The new face of CERN has gone live at http://www.cern.ch/Public . CERN’s new web pages have been designed to give visitors an informative introduction to the fascinating world of particle physics. For those whose whirl around
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Time’s arrow: Particles cannot go back to the future
Geneva, 6 Novemebr 1998. We have all laughed at those fragments of film run backwards, where broken vases miraculously reassemble themselves, or sprinters reverse at full speed into their starting blocks. In the everyday world these things could never happen - time’s arrow only points forwards. Hitherto, the laws of fundamental physics have seemed to
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French government gives green light for LHC civil engineering
Geneva, 10 August 1998. Civil engineering for CERN1‘s next major particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), got the green light from France last week when Prime Minister Lionel Jospin signed the decree allowing work to commence. This important landmark for the laboratory, situated on the Franco-Swiss border, comes after a long and painstaking study
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LEP to run in 2000
Geneva, 19 June 1998. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 110th session on 19 June under the chairmanship of Dr. Hans C. Eschelbacher (DE). LEP to continue physics in the year 2000 CERN’s Large Electron-Positron collider got the
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Japan contributes an additional 5 billion Yen to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Geneva, 19 May 1998. Japan’s Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Monbusho), has announced, subject to approval by the Diet, a further contribution of 5 billion Yen (approximately 56 million Swiss francs) for the construction of the LHC. This generous gesture reinforces the excellent relations that have been established between CERN1 and Japan. In
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ESA Director-General visits CERN
Geneva, 7 May 1998. Antonio Rodotà, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) visited CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics on Thursday, 7 May. He was welcomed by CERN Director-General Chris Llewellyn Smith, together with his designated successor, Luciano Maiani. After fruitful discussions the Directors-General agreed on the creation of working groups to study