Tag: CERN community

  • First Run 3 physics result by CMS

    First Run 3 physics result by CMS

    CMS measured the top-quark pair production cross section

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  • CERN fundraising effort contributes to aiding Ukrainian civilians

    CERN fundraising effort contributes to aiding Ukrainian civilians

    The sum raised by the CERN personnel, the Directorate and the Staff Association contributed to the Swiss Red Cross’s essential humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine

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  • Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia launch an open call for Connect India

    Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia launch an open call for Connect India

    Arts at CERN announces a new open call for artists from Switzerland and India

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  • Computer Security: When your restaurant turns sour

    It’s the beauty of software engineering to reuse programs/libraries/packages/VMs/containers developed by others – but this comes with a caveat

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  • The many facets of safety in research infrastructures: CERN hosts the 2022 International Technical Safety Forum

    The many facets of safety in research infrastructures: CERN hosts the 2022 International Technical Safety Forum

    From 25 to 28 October, more than 100 people from CERN and other research institutes from around the world gathered in the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN for a key conference on health and safety matters

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  • Sparks!: CERN’s serendipity forum brings together experts to discuss Future Technology for Health

    Sparks!: CERN’s serendipity forum brings together experts to discuss Future Technology for Health

    A set of talks and forum on 17-18 November, following a podcast series featuring experts in the field

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  • LHCb’s new VELO springs into action

    LHCb’s new VELO springs into action

    The subdetector aligned more closely with the LHC beam than ever before, marking an important milestone in LHCb data taking

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  • A remedy against electron clouds inside particle colliders

    A remedy against electron clouds inside particle colliders

    An LHC quadrupole whose beam screen had been coated with a fine layer of carbon displayed minimal heat load in comparison to other magnets, constituting a promising step in eliminating electron clouds in future particle accelerators

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  • Volker Soergel (1931 – 2022)

    Volker Soergel (1931 – 2022)

    Volker Soergel(1931 – 2022) — Volker Soergel passed away on 5 October 2022 at the age of 91. Born in Breslau on 9 March 1931, Soergel was a brilliant experimental physicist and an outstanding leader, shaping particle physics for many years. Receiving a doctorate from the University of Freiburg in 1956 under the tutelage of

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  • A new strategy and structure to tackle the ambitious challenges ahead

    Making sure we were ready for Run 3 was the objective we could not lose sight of last year. At the same time, we started a process to set up an IT Strategy – the what we will do, which I hope you will read – and a Target Operating Model – the how, which

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