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CERN openlab tackles ICT challenges of High-Luminosity LHC

CERN openlab has published a white paper identifying the major ICT challenges that face CERN and other ‘big science’ projects in the coming years

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Computing
21 September, 2017
Computing
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21 September, 2017

Next stop: the superconducting magnets of the future

Intensity tests have been successfully completed on the FRESCA2 magnet. It will serve as a test bench for the development of more powerful magnets

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Engineering
21 September, 2017
Engineering
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21 September, 2017

Detectors: unique superconducting magnets

The third article in our series on superconductors takes us to the heart of the detectors and their extraordinary and powerful magnets

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Experiments
20 September, 2017
Experiments
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20 September, 2017

Superconductors boost acceleration

The use of superconducting material has enabled the development of more powerful accelerating cavities

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Engineering
19 September, 2017
Engineering
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19 September, 2017

The magic of superconductors in the spotlight

Today marks the start of the EUCAS 2017 conference on superconductivity. We reflect on how high-energy physics developed this super-technology

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Engineering
18 September, 2017
Engineering
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18 September, 2017

The science (and showers) of Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Art McDonald spoke at CERN on the science of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and SNOLAB

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Physics
14 September, 2017

Charmonium surprise at LHCb

LHCb presented a measurement of the masses of two charmonium particles, with a precision that is unprecedented at a collider for this type of particle

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Experiments
13 September, 2017
Experiments
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13 September, 2017

TED-Ed: Emptying the vacuum

An animation made with TED-ED to explore empty space and why it is important for experiments at CERN

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Knowledge sharing
12 September, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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12 September, 2017

Constructive interference: CERN and gravitational waves

CERN scientists welcomed the LIGO/Virgo gravitational waves community to look for synergies for future technologies

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Physics
04 September, 2017

European XFEL: World’s most powerful X-ray source starts up

The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser in Germany, inaugurated today, showcases the impact of particle accelerators outside physics

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Accelerators
01 September, 2017
Accelerators
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01 September, 2017