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Investigating beneath Lake Geneva

This animation shows how different layers of the lake’s bed are being mapped as part of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Feasibility Study

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At CERN
16 October, 2025
At CERN
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16 October, 2025

Computer Security: 20 years of securing controls (or trying to): nothing has changed?

20 years ago, control systems used to be stand-alone systems, usually decoupled from the larger enterprise networks, using their own network cabling infrastructures and programming languages dedicated to control systems. But no more…

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Computing
16 October, 2025

Which bin should I use for my unwanted cast-iron blocks?

Got any blocks of cast iron lying around in a corner of your office? They might be useful for the future Beam Dump Facility (BDF) for the SPS

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Experiments
16 October, 2025
Experiments
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16 October, 2025

Fusing forces – accelerating open science through collaboration

More than 350 participants from over 40 countries met at CERN to discuss the future of open science

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At CERN
15 October, 2025

Firefighters’ fire safety put to the test

The CERN Fire and Rescue Service tested its own emergency preparedness in its first evacuation drill

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At CERN
15 October, 2025
At CERN
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15 October, 2025

Eight CERN apprentices graduate in 2025

Seven technical apprentices and one library apprentice received their diplomas this year

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Knowledge sharing
14 October, 2025
Knowledge sharing
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14 October, 2025

Four new members elected to the Senior Staff Consultative Committee (“The Nine”) in 2025

The Nine share the ideas and feedback of the senior staff with the Director-General and offer advice on questions concerning scientific activities, organisational matters and use of resources

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At CERN
14 October, 2025

LHC inducted into TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame

TIME has chosen the LHC as one of the 25 most iconic inventions from the past 25 years

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Knowledge sharing
10 October, 2025
Knowledge sharing
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10 October, 2025

The CERN chips transforming science and society

From the first colour X-rays to detecting forgeries in the art world, semiconductor chips based on those originally designed for particle physics experiments continue to impact society in new and unexpected ways thanks to CERN’s Medipix collaborations

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Knowledge sharing
07 October, 2025
Knowledge sharing
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07 October, 2025

Accelerator Report: LHC performance stays on track and is cruising towards the target

As the 2025 LHC run enters its final ten weeks, strong performance pushes luminosity past 90 inverse femtobarns, while lead-ion preparations are ahead of schedule

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Accelerators
03 October, 2025
Accelerators
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03 October, 2025