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ALICE honours its thesis award winners

Fabrizio Grosa and Arild Velure are the young laureates of the 2020 award

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Experiments
09 October, 2020
Experiments
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09 October, 2020

Science Gateway construction gets the green light

Construction of CERN’s Science Gateway is to start later this year, following receipt of official permission from the Geneva authorities. This unique facility is due to open to the public at the end of 2022

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Knowledge sharing
01 October, 2020
Knowledge sharing
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01 October, 2020

Highlights from the ATTRACT deep-tech conference

From medical imaging to a robotic fish, the ATTRACT conference explored a wealth of breakthrough technologies

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At CERN
29 September, 2020

CERN data storage gets ready for Run 3

Extensive consolidation of the data storage infrastructure culminated in 2020 when the new CERN Tape Archive software (CTA) entered production

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Computing
23 September, 2020
Computing
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23 September, 2020

CERN meets quantum technology

The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative will explore the potential of devices harnessing perplexing quantum phenomena such as entanglement to enrich and expand its challenging research programme

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Computing
30 September, 2020
Computing
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30 September, 2020

Computer Security: Insist to avoid troubles

The usage of pirated or otherwise illegal licences can have detrimental consequences to CERNs reputation as well as trigger financial repercussions

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Computing
17 September, 2020
Computing
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17 September, 2020

LS2 Report: 144 new muon detectors in CMS

CMS now has a new layer of detectors: 144 gas electron multiplier (GEM) chambers have been installed to detect the muons produced in the very forward region of CMS

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Experiments
29 September, 2020
Experiments
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29 September, 2020

Flashes of electrons against cancer

Meet Steinar Stapnes, Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project leader, in the first of our Knowledge Transfer spotlight series

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Knowledge sharing
29 September, 2020
Knowledge sharing
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29 September, 2020

NA63 makes crystal-clear study of radiation reaction

The NA63 collaboration has made a high-precision study of the phenomenon of radiation reaction, using particle beams and crystals

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Physics
22 September, 2020

Keeping the ATLAS Inner Detector in perfect alignment

The ATLAS Inner Detector can measure the position of charged particles that pass through it to better than a 100th of a millimetre! To reach that precision, the detector must be aligned to equal or better accuracy

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Experiments
30 September, 2020
Experiments
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30 September, 2020

25 years ago: the strategic move to PCs in high-energy physics

In September 1995, a paper entitled “The PC as Physics Computer for LHC?” paved the way to a new era in high-energy physics computing

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Computing
22 September, 2020
Computing
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22 September, 2020

Rubbia shares Global Energy Prize

Carlo Rubbia was recognised for his promotion of sustainable nuclear energy use and natural-gas pyrolysis

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At CERN
18 September, 2020
At CERN
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18 September, 2020