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  • Computer Security: Don’t print naked

    Computer Security: Don’t print naked

    If you’re interested in what’s going on at CERN, in professional projects and plans, or in private problems and parties, hanging out at one of CERN’s printers is a very effective approach…

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  • Susan Lesley Bland (1943 – 2024)

    Susan Lesley Bland (1943 – 2024)

    Susan Lesley Bland(1943 – 2024) — Susan Lesley Bland was born in 1943 in Leeds, UK. At the age of 16, she decided to stop her studies to support her younger brother, who was suffering from leukaemia and who died shortly after. She then joined her sister in Switzerland and entered CERN in 1962 at

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  • Less hungry magnets for the experiments of the future

    Less hungry magnets for the experiments of the future

    A prototype superconducting coil developed for the SHiP experiment opens the way for more energy-efficient electromagnets for certain applications

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  • Updated factors for anticipated retirement pension

    Updated factors for anticipated retirement pension — During the public information sessions in January 2024, the Pension Fund informed you of changes to the Pension Fund Rules and Regulations with respect to updated factors due to be implemented during 2024. We would like to remind you that the updated factors for anticipated (early) retirement will

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  • LHCb investigates the rare Σ+→pμ+μ- decay

    LHCb investigates the rare Σ+→pμ+μ- decay

    The rarest hyperon decay ever observed

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  • Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises

    Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises

    Restarting the entire accelerator complex after a technical stop is rarely seamless and often comes with unexpected technical challenges

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  • New beam dumps: cut along the dotted line

    New beam dumps: cut along the dotted line

    Dismantling a beam dump is a real conundrum – that’s what the 2020 “autopsy” concluded. To solve it, the new spare LHC beam dumps have been made easier to “cut”

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  • Going the extra mile to squeeze supersymmetry out of CMS data

    Going the extra mile to squeeze supersymmetry out of CMS data

    Re-analysing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed CMS physicists to address an old discrepancy

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  • Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!

    Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!

    A warm welcome to the summer-student class of 2024! In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, here are a few things you need to know

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  • Building 60 renovations: one year on

    Building 60 renovations: one year on

    As the Main Building enters the next phase of its renovation, find out what’s changed and why

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