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Hacking for humanity at CERN’s global Webfest

The second online edition of the Webfest brought together people from 63 countries to tackle challenges like wildfires, domestic violence and educational inequality

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At CERN
30 August, 2021

First European hospital receives 3D colour X-ray scanner using CERN technology

MARS Bioimaging's 3D colour X-ray scanner has arrived in Europe for clinical trials that will lead to medical use of a CERN technology

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Knowledge sharing
26 August, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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26 August, 2021

Two-trap cooling promises antimatter precision

The BASE collaboration has performed the first demonstration of two-trap sympathetic cooling, promising substantial improvements to studies of antiprotons

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Physics
25 August, 2021

CERN-tested optical fibres now in space

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has activated Lumina, an optical fibre-based dosimetry experiment on board the International Space Station

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Knowledge sharing
20 August, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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20 August, 2021

CERN to provide second DUNE cryostat

The Laboratory deepens its collaboration with the US-based neutrino experiment with the provision of two enormous stainless-steel vessels for DUNE’s cutting-edge liquid-argon detectors

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Experiments
18 August, 2021
Experiments
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18 August, 2021

LS2 Report: Accelerated beams in the SPS

The SPS accelerated its first LHC-type beam in May and is now sending beams to the North Area, where the physics season has started

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Accelerators
12 August, 2021
Accelerators
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12 August, 2021

SPS experiments are back in action

Experiments restart at the Super Proton Synchrotron, CERN’s second-largest accelerator

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Experiments
12 August, 2021
Experiments
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12 August, 2021

Computer Security: “Check me” comes before “Scan me”

Like with any other malicious URL, letting one malicious QR code through can put your digital life at risk

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Computing
12 August, 2021

New magnets for FAIR tested at CERN

CERN has strong partnerships and collaborations with laboratories and research infrastructures in the Member States. One recent example saw superconducting magnets for the future FAIR facility at Germany’s GSI laboratory being tested at CERN

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Accelerators
11 August, 2021
Accelerators
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11 August, 2021

10th edition of CineGlobe film festival

From 25 to 29 August 2021, the CineGlobe International Film Festival returns to CERN’s iconic Globe of Innovation and Science for its 10th edition

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At CERN
11 August, 2021
At CERN
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11 August, 2021