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Fundamental Physics Prize honours ATLAS, CMS and LHC

Seven leaders of the LHC, CMS and ATLAS projects will share a $3,000,000 prize, for advancing knowledge of the universe

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At CERN
11 December, 2012

Steve Myers elected fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

This year’s new fellows, announced in July, met at a dinner for newcomers on 5 November

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At CERN
06 December, 2012

Remembering Wim Klein

Wim Klein, CERN's first computer, was born 100 years ago this week. A former colleague remembers him

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At CERN
05 December, 2012
At CERN
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05 December, 2012

Google Science Fair winner visits CERN

Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre among other areas

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At CERN
28 November, 2012
At CERN
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28 November, 2012

Setting up ALPHA-2 to measure the properties of antimatter

The ALPHA-2 team is installing the final components for their new antimatter experiment, which will replace the current ALPHA set-up

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Experiments
22 November, 2012
Experiments
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22 November, 2012

Vidyo - a collaborative tool for planet CERN

CERN is moving to a new videoconferencing system called Vidyo

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At CERN
19 November, 2012
At CERN
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19 November, 2012

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