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Germany at CERN ’95
Geneva, 12 September 1995. The importance of fundamental research for the technological strength of a nation was underlined by Ministerial-dirigent Dr Hans C. Eschelbacher in his address at the inauguration of the 6th German Technology exhibition “Germany at CERN1 ’95” on 12 September. Dr Eschelbacher explained; “Efficiency in science is a source of Germany’s innovative
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British Minister Opens CERN World Wide Web Days
Geneva, 12 July 1995. On 8 March, UK Science Minister David Hunt opened CERN1‘s ‘World-Wide Web Days’, a conference designed to give journalists, educators and communication experts a practical introduction to this new telecommunications revolution. Citing CERN’s invention of the Web as the latest in a long line of unforseeable spin-offs, the Minister praised the
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Le Japon contribue au grand collisionneur de hadrons du CERN
Le Ministère japonais de l’Education, de la science et de la culture (Monbusho) a annoncé le 10 mai qu’il contribuerait au financement de la construction du prochain accélérateur de particules du CERN1, le grand collisionneur de hadrons (LHC). Cette annonce fait suite à la visite au Japon d’une délégation du CERN conduite par le Directeur
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Japan contributes to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Geneva, 12 July 1995. Japan’s Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Monbusho), announced on May 10 that it would help to finance the construction of CERN1‘s next particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This announcement follows the visit of a CERN delegation, led by Director-General Prof. Christopher Llewellyn Smith to Japan in March 1995.
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Japan is Observer at CERN
Geneva, 23 June 1995. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 102nd session on 23 June under the chairmanship of Prof. Hubert Curien (F). Japan admitted as Observer A Japanese delegation, lead by Mr. Kaoru Yosano, Japan's Minister of
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CERN’s Experimental Programme for 1995 starts right on time
Geneva, 2 May 1995. CERN1‘s Large Electron Positron Collider, LEP, started up for physics right on time on the 2 May, a considerable achievement for the Laboratory’s technicians and engineers who have worked flat out to put right the damage caused by an act of sabotage earlier in the year. The sabotage was discovered on
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Shimon Peres visits CERN
Geneva, 26 January 1995. Shimon Peres, Israel’s Foreign Minister, made an official visit to CERN1 on 26 January. He was accompanied by the Israeli Ambassador to the International Organizations in Geneva, Yosef Lamdan, and was received by CERN’s Director General, Prof. Christopher Llewellyn Smith. The visit took place at the site of the giant OPAL
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101st Meeting of CERN Council
Geneva, 21 December 1994. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 101st session on 16 December under the chairmanship of Prof. Hubert Curien (F). Director General's Report The Director-General, Prof. Chris Llewellyn Smith, reported that CERN celebrated its 40th
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CERN Council Gives Go-ahead for Large Hadron Collider
Geneva, 16 December 1994. CERN1 Council, under the presidency of Prof. Hubert Curien, today agreed by consensus to approve the construction of the 14 TeV (1 Tera electron volt, TeV = 1 million million electron volts) Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Director General Chris Llewellyn Smith said : "Today's decision is a major step for the
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LHC Test String runs successfully for 24 hours
Geneva, 8 December 1994. On 6 and 7 December a string of powerful superconducting magnets for CERN1‘s next particle accelerator the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ran successfully at 8.36 Tesla for 24 hours. 8.36 Tesla is the magnetic field required to accelerate protons to the required energy for LHC and this result demonstrates that the