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The IT department is deploying the use of so-called “two-factor authentication”
The DISMAC project’s teams have insulated the 1232nd – and last – diode of the LHC
Workplace account feature changes mean an end to CERN’s trial of the platform
This week’s drafting session marks key discussions for the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics
For the first time, LHCb uses beauty baryons to test this key principle of the Standard Model
The IPT department, jointly with the FAP Department, has started to use an electronic-signature platform, which will improve the efficiency of the contract signature process
Parts of the infrastructure in the vast North Area, which is supplied by the Super Proton Synchrotron, are being renovated
In 2019, five CERN technical apprentices were awarded their "certificat fédéral de capacité" (CFC)
New Year 2020 brings a new look (and functionality) to the Single Sign-On page
The ATLAS collaboration releases full analysis likelihoods, a first for an LHC experiment
6-18 July 2020, at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
The smallest LHC experiment is set to probe the first interaction that triggers a cosmic-ray shower in the atmosphere