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Computer Security: CEO fraud

Have you ever heard of “CEO fraud”? It is a social engineering method to extract money from a company, playing on several psychological techniques to make people stop thinking consciously

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Computing
17 December, 2020
Computing
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17 December, 2020

LS2 Report: Review of a rather unusual year

COVID-19 has undoubtedly had an impact on the activities and schedule of LS2. Nevertheless, the accelerators are now starting up again

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Accelerators
14 December, 2020
Accelerators
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14 December, 2020

CERN introduces proximity detecting device for personnel

New proximity detecting device will help break chains of COVID-19 transmission

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At CERN
14 December, 2020

Registration is open for Beamline for Schools 2021

In this unique competition, high-school students anywhere in the world team up to create and perform their scientific experiment at a leading particle physics laboratory

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At CERN
11 December, 2020

ALICE opens avenue for high-precision studies of the strong force

The collaboration shows how proton–proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider can reveal the strong interaction between composite particles called hadrons

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Physics
09 December, 2020

SPS key back in the hands of the Operations group

After the PS, it is now time for the SPS to return to the Operations group’s hands. Beam commissioning in the accelerator is scheduled for 12 April 2021

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Accelerators
09 December, 2020
Accelerators
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09 December, 2020

CERN intensifies collaboration with Brazil through scientific agreement with leading research centre

An agreement between CERN and the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) was signed on 4 December 2020

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At CERN
08 December, 2020

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