Tag: CERN community
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LHCb discovers the final missing member of a doubly charmed particle family
The LHCb Collaboration has found a new particle consisting of one strange quark and two charm quarks. With this finding, the Collaboration has discovered the final member of a family of doubly charmed baryons – particles made up of two charm quarks and one other quark – and closes a chapter of a story that
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CERN at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2026, Warsaw
More than 30 CERN colleagues from Beams, Engineering, Experimental Physics, Finance, Human resources, IT and Accelerator Systems departments represented CERN at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit in Warsaw – Europe’s biggest conference and career fair for women in STEM and tech. CERN’s presence aimed to encourage more women to join and help shape the future
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Powering the future of data science at CERN
CERN data centres are being transformed in preparation for HiLumi LHC
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Members of BASE Collaboration receive awards for their research
Jonathan Morgner, a researcher at CERN’s BASE experiment, was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal on 17 June 2026. The Otto Hahn Medal is awarded by the Max Planck Society, in Germany, to early-career researchers across a variety of disciplines in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement with the aim of encouraging these researchers to continue pursuing
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Electrical Safety Awareness Day | Join us on 25 June in Restaurant 2 to learn more about electrical risks and how to mitigate them
Electricity powers our world, but how confident are you with it? Are you switched on to electrical safety best practices, or could your knowledge use a spark to ensure that you and others stay safe? We all interact with electricity every day, but we may be less aware of the actual risks it poses. Whether
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Organising and coordinating activities during LS3: a shared responsibility
LS3 is set to be a busy period for CERN, with a wide range of activities taking place across the accelerators, experiments and buildings on the site – from construction, maintenance and upgrades, to consolidation and installation work, transport operations, tests and more. When these interventions overlap, the risks associated with concurrent activities increase. To
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Upcoming events
Check out this curated selection of upcoming events for the CERN community
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Summer is coming, and so are the wasps!
Wasps are a nuisance that unfortunately come hand in hand with warm spring days. Here are a few tips to help minimise their presence so that we can enjoy the outdoors in peace: Enjoy the great outdoors, have fun, but don’t get stung!
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A new way to manage your absences
From Monday 6 July 2026, a new process will make it easier and more secure to submit your absence certificates. This change gives you clearer guidance on the conditions for each type of absence and ensures that your certificates are sent directly to the right place – either to the HR Leave Service or to
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Q&A with CERN’s Chief Information Officer (CIO)
From 2026, CERN’s senior management includes the new role of CIO – Enrica Porcari answers questions about what this means for the Organization