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Clinical trials using carbon ions begin at CNAO

This week, for the first time at the CNAO hadrontherapy centre in Italy, a beam of carbon ions was used to treat a cancer patient

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Knowledge sharing
16 November, 2012
Knowledge sharing
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16 November, 2012

CERN firefighter wins world boxing title

Craig Stevenson won gold in the under 75kg category at the 12th World Firefighter's Games in Syndey, Australia, last week

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At CERN
05 November, 2012
At CERN
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05 November, 2012

ATLAS Virtual Visits wins Digital Communication Award

The project was awarded "Best Online Event" at an awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, last week

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Experiments
18 September, 2012
Experiments
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18 September, 2012

European particle physics refreshes long-term strategy

Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow, Poland, this week debated the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium

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At CERN
12 September, 2012

A well rounded organization

Today's HR report shows a beautiful round number of CERN personnel

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At CERN
11 September, 2012
At CERN
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11 September, 2012

News from the Library: CERN Scientific Book Fair 2012

A two-day event in building 500 offers the opportunity to meet key publishers and to browse and buy books at significant discounts

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At CERN
10 September, 2012

Windows XP ends at CERN – register for Windows 7 training

Windows XP has been around for over 10 years and it is now time to move on

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Computing
10 September, 2012

Testing begins on Linear accelerator 4

Linac 4 has begun testing its RFQ module. This is the first stage of testing for the Linac 2 successor

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Engineering
29 August, 2012
Engineering
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29 August, 2012

Warmer amps for the LHC

CERN is working together with an Italian company to develop superconducting cables that can function at temperatures of up to 25 K (-248°C)

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Engineering
27 August, 2012
Engineering
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27 August, 2012

Magnets for the High Luminosity LHC: Small but powerful

A CERN-Fermilab team has developed a new magnet that will be a valuable asset to the HL-LHC, the next step of for LHC machine

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Engineering
27 August, 2012