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2015: the International Year of Light

During 2015, the International Year of Light, CERN is highlighting the High Luminosity LHC project and CERN’s involvement in the SESAME laboratory

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Accelerators
20 January, 2015
Accelerators
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20 January, 2015

LHC Season 2: holding the key to new frontiers

With ‘LHC Season 2’ starting soon, running at a new high energy, the LHC key is handed back to the machine operators today

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Accelerators
12 January, 2015
Accelerators
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12 January, 2015

Pakistan to become Associate Member State of CERN

CERN Director General and the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission sign a document admitting Pakistan to CERN Associate Membership

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At CERN
19 December, 2014

In pictures: CERN in 2014

A look back at the some of the stories in the laboratory's 60th anniversary year

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At CERN
19 December, 2014
At CERN
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19 December, 2014

LHC filling with liquid helium at 4 kelvin

The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K

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Engineering
17 December, 2014
Engineering
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17 December, 2014

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for run 2

CERN teams are carrying out all required tests to get proton beams back in the LHC for March 2015

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Accelerators
12 December, 2014
Accelerators
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12 December, 2014

One LHC sector up to full energy

Magnets in one sector of the accelerator are fully prepared for the restart at higher energies

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Accelerators
09 December, 2014
Accelerators
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09 December, 2014

IdeaSquare opens today

Today IdeaSquare is officially inaugurated, creating a unique space designed to nurture innovation at CERN

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Knowledge sharing
09 December, 2014
Knowledge sharing
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09 December, 2014

Take part in the CERN 60 Public Computing Challenge

Could volunteer computing simulate as much data as the LHC generates? Researchers are setting out to answer this question during a 12-day trial

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Computing
08 December, 2014

CERN takes to reddit to discuss Open Data

People across the globe put their questions to CERN in an "Ask Me Anything" session on reddit, on the topic of "Open Science, Open Data & More"

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Computing
02 December, 2014
Computing
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02 December, 2014