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  • The test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC welcomes its first magnets

    The test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC welcomes its first magnets

    The installation of the High-Luminosity LHC test facility continues with the arrival of two magnet assemblies

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  • SCOAP3 at ten: from open access to open science

    SCOAP3 at ten: from open access to open science

    Find out how, ten years on from its inception, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) now plans a greater global adoption of open science

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  • A tale of two Higgs: CMS searches for the production of Higgs boson pairs

    A tale of two Higgs: CMS searches for the production of Higgs boson pairs

    Using data from Run 2 of the LHC, the experiment has combined a comprehensive set of searches for di-Higgs production, a phenomenon that could provide physicists with clues to the stability of the Universe

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  • ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4

    ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4

    The finding also represents the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet at the LHC

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  • Computer Security: A security balancing act

    Computer Security: A security balancing act

    CERN must be protected against any kind of successful large-scale attack, while maintaining a balance between security, academic freedom and the use of accelerators and experiments

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  • Official holidays in 2025 and end-of-year closure 2025/2026

    (In accordance with Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations)

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  • Extension of the pre-retirement programmes

    Extension of the pre-retirement programmes Written by: HR department — Following a recommendation by the Standing Concertation Committee at its meeting on 28 November 2024 and approval by the Director-General, please note that the Part-Time Work as a Pre-retirement Measure Scheme and the Progressive Retirement Programme have been extended by one year, from 1 January

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  • CLOUD experiment resolves puzzle of new aerosol particles in upper troposphere

    CLOUD experiment resolves puzzle of new aerosol particles in upper troposphere

    Isoprene emitted by tropical forests may provide a globally important source of aerosol particles that influence clouds, according to a new study by the CLOUD collaboration at CERN

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  • Service availability during CERN’s annual closure 2024/2025

    Service availability during CERN’s annual closure 2024/2025 — General site services As always, in addition to the Fire and Rescue service (+41 22 76) 74444, the Security service remains operational every day (24/7) and can be reached at (+41 22 76) 76666. SCE department services that do not depend on continuous human presence will remain

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  • CERN signs long-term solar power agreements

    CERN signs long-term solar power agreements

    Projects can now begin so that 140 GWh/year – about 10% of CERN’s annual electricity consumption during accelerator operation years – will be provided by renewable sources from 2027

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