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Change at the helm of the CERN & Society Foundation

Pascale Goy replaces Matteo Castoldi as head of the CERN & Society Foundation

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At CERN
20 May, 2021

Why the LHC magnets are blue – and other colourful accelerator questions answered

Are all LHC magnets blue? Who decides the colour of a magnet and on what basis? What does the small purple one do? See our answers below

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Accelerators
19 May, 2021

The tenth edition of “Be a scientist” is over

780 budding scientists from schools in the local French and Geneva area set out to identify the content of mysterious boxes

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At CERN
18 May, 2021

Recognise the signs of a mental health problem

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental disorders affect one in four people in the world

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At CERN
13 May, 2021

Computer Security: What do accelerators and pipelines have in common?

Ransomware attacks against enterprises and academia are not a new phenomenon...

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Computing
13 May, 2021

LS2 Report: Installation of the CMS beam pipe

The CMS collaboration just reached another LS2 milestone: the biggest upgrade of the experimental beam vacuum system since the first operation of CMS in 2008

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Experiments
11 May, 2021