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Additive manufacturing opens up new prospects at CERN

Lightweight, robust, complex parts produced using additive manufacturing (3D printing) are proving their worth in the accelerators

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02 February, 2021
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02 February, 2021

The cabling of the LHC detectors moves up a gear thanks to the automation of testing

The development of the “HiPotCT” system initiated by the cabling team of EN-EA-AS has considerably increased the speed of cabling activities in the LHC detectors

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03 November, 2020
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03 November, 2020

A new coating technique for deflecting crab cavities

A team from the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group is studying a method of niobium coating by sputtering for use in future accelerators

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04 August, 2020

Graphene’s potential to improve magnetic measurements for accelerators

Collaboration between CERN and UK firm Paragraf could pave the way for more precise measurements of local magnetic fields

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23 June, 2020

LS2 Report: Focus on the North area

Parts of the infrastructure in the vast North Area, which is supplied by the Super Proton Synchrotron, are being renovated

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15 January, 2020
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15 January, 2020

Five CERN apprentices in the class of 2019

In 2019, five CERN technical apprentices were awarded their "certificat fédéral de capacité" (CFC)

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14 January, 2020
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14 January, 2020

A new target to explore the unknown

The BDF facility is being designed for dark matter and hidden sector experiments

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10 December, 2019
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10 December, 2019

An energy-sustainable future for research infrastructures

The latest ESSRI workshop brought together experts from national and international organisations to discuss energy management at scientific institutes

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10 December, 2019
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10 December, 2019

Broadening tunnel vision for future accelerators

CERN’s civil engineers are tackling the tunnelling challenges of a post-LHC collider

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23 October, 2019
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23 October, 2019

LS2 Report: renovation of the electrical infrastructure

Major renovation work is under way across the entirety of CERN’s electrical network to modernise certain key facilities

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15 October, 2019
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15 October, 2019