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The High-Luminosity LHC project takes shape at Point 1
The construction of an underground cavern at Point 1, which will house equipment for the High-Luminosity LHC, has been successfully completed
CERN’s Year of Environmental Awareness
Did you know that CERN has committed to decrease its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by the end of 2024? Read this new series of articles focusing on various environmental topics and CERN’s ongoing initiatives
Sparking breakthroughs in radiation protection for spacecraft, aviation and accelerators
The CERN-coordinated and EU-funded RADSAGA project is coming to an end after four years of rewarding research into radiation protection for electronics
Greening gaseous detectors
Physicists seek to replace harmful chlorofluorocarbons with novel “eco-gases”
LHCb measures tiny mass difference between particles
The result is a milestone in the study of how a particle known as a D0 meson changes from matter into antimatter and back
First ATLAS New Small Wheel nears completion
On Friday 28 May 2021, the final "wedge" of the first ATLAS New Small Wheel was installed in the detector. This was an important milestone for the Collaboration, in preparation for the wheel’s installation in the ATLAS cavern later this summer
Accelerators meet gravitational waves
Physicists discuss the possibility of using particle accelerators to detect or even generate gravitational waves
FASER catches first candidate collider neutrinos
The result paves the way for studies of high-energy neutrinos at current and future particle colliders
CERN switched off its lights for the second edition of "La nuit est belle!"
Computer Security: Block the bad, grant the good access
Adhering to network protocol standards, any outgoing traffic initiated from the so-called “lower ports”, i.e. ports 0-1023 or using so-called “private” or “non-routable” IP addresses will be blocked