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Reinstalling the revamped ALICE Miniframe

The upgraded ALICE Miniframe was reinstalled in the experimental cavern in November

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Experiments
08 December, 2020
Experiments
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08 December, 2020

Rooted in society

From fraud protection to vaccine production, ROOT’s wide-ranging impact is revealed in a conversation with Axel Naumann as part of our Knowledge Transfer spotlight series

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Knowledge sharing
07 December, 2020
Knowledge sharing
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07 December, 2020

Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020

CERN’s final-year apprentices obtained their diplomas in spite of the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 crisis; two of them received prizes from the "Union industrielle genevoise"

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At CERN
04 December, 2020

25 years of service at CERN in 2020

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At CERN
04 December, 2020
At CERN
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04 December, 2020

Computer Security: CERN’s new first line of defence

Our new outer perimeter firewall is intended to boost performance and bandwidth as well as being a sophisticated means to better identify and protect against cyberattacks

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Computing
04 December, 2020

CERN launches the Sparks! Serendipity forum

On 26 November, CERN launched a new science innovation forum, beginning with the theme of artificial intelligence (AI)

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At CERN
30 November, 2020
At CERN
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30 November, 2020

New schedule for CERN’s accelerators and experiments

The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Accelerators
27 November, 2020
Accelerators
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27 November, 2020

LS2 Report: Linac3 tests new equipment for higher-intensity beams

Linac3 is already producing lead-ion beams to test some crucial new equipment that could significantly increase beam intensity and quality

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Accelerators
24 November, 2020
Accelerators
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24 November, 2020

First LHC sector reaches nominal temperature

Sector 4-5 of the LHC has now been cooled with superfluid helium to a temperature of 1.9 K (−271.3 °C)

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Accelerators
24 November, 2020
Accelerators
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24 November, 2020

High five for CERN European Union projects

All five CERN-coordinated projects submitted to the “Horizon 2020” Research Infrastructure calls have been approved for funding

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At CERN
23 November, 2020
At CERN
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23 November, 2020