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  • CERN pays tribute to Peter Higgs

    CERN pays tribute to Peter Higgs

    Peter Higgs passed away on 8 April at the age of 94

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  • Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you

    Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you

    There are many different ways to unlock your smartphone: swiping patterns, PIN numbers, passwords, biometric fingerprints or face recognition. Some are more secure, some less so

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  • Joint Advisory Appeals Board

    Joint Advisory Appeals Board Written by: HR department — The Joint Advisory Appeals Board examined an internal appeal lodged by a staff member against the decision to qualify their performance as “fair” for the reference year 2020. This procedure was suspended pending the decision at the outcome of a harassment investigation procedure. The internal appeal

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  • Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024

    Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024

    This marks the beginning of physics for the third year of Run 3 of CERN’s flagship particle accelerator

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  • Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024

    Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024

    This marks the beginning of physics for the third year of Run 3 of CERN’s flagship particle accelerator

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  • FASER measures high-energy neutrino interaction strength

    FASER measures high-energy neutrino interaction strength

    The interaction strength of neutrinos had never previously been measured in this energy range

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  • Giuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)

    Giuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)

    Giuseppe Fidecaro(1926 – 2024) — We are saddened to learn that experimental physicist Giuseppe Fidecaro, who joined CERN in 1956, passed away on 28 March. He was 97 years old. Giuseppe was a familiar face to the CERN community, often seen arm in arm with his wife Maria as the pair made their way through

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  • The CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard Model

    The CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard Model

    With this measurement the LHC is again demonstrating its ability to provide very high-precision measurements and bringing new insights into an old mystery

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  • CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

    CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

    Arts at CERN, in collaboration with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, today announced Robin Meier Wiratunga and Vimala Pons as the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

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  • AMS’s second new life

    AMS’s second new life

    After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the ISS is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays

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