Tag: CERN community

  • An encouraging start for Run 3

    In challenging times, it’s reassuring to see CERN’s accelerator complex fully up and running again, with physics being delivered to the experiments at ISOLDE and HIE-ISOLDE, n_TOF, AD-ELENA, the East Area, the North Area, AWAKE, HiRadMat, CLEAR and, of course, the LHC – the current temporary unscheduled stop notwithstanding – and great work being done

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  • 70 years of theoretical physics at CERN

    70 years of theoretical physics at CERN

    The provisional CERN Council, during its first session in May 1952, founded the Theory Study Group as one of four study groups tasked with planning a unique laboratory

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  • Spectroscopic X-ray imaging now certified for medical use

    Spectroscopic X-ray imaging now certified for medical use

    The CERN Workshops on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors have been instrumental in advancing spectroscopic X-ray imaging and bringing it from the lab to the clinic

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  • François Piuz (1937 – 2022)

    François Piuz (1937 – 2022)

    François Piuz(1937 – 2022) — François Piuz, a very talented and passionate CERN physicist since 1968 and the former leader of several projects, passed away on Thursday, 21 July 2022 at the age of 85. Throughout his distinguished career, François worked at the forefront of particle detectors. With his many talents, he made significant contributions

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  • Change at the helm of the CMS collaboration

    Change at the helm of the CMS collaboration

    The new spokesperson, Patricia McBride, and two deputies, Wolfgang Adam and Lucia Silvestris, will represent the Collaboration for the next two years.

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  • Sparks! announces its second edition of the Serendipity Forum

    Sparks! announces its second edition of the Serendipity Forum

    The second edition of Sparks! will be hosted at CERN on 17 and 18 November with the theme “Future Technology for Health”

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  • Computer security: Room at the top

    What do “Daniela.Wick@cern.ch”, “Kris.Avandal@cern.ch”, “Magnus.Fallbaum@cern.ch”, “Petra.Kosmanen@cern.ch”, “Ron.Waitmal@cern.ch” and “Stephanie.Porasky@cern.ch” have in common? No, they aren’t members of the personnel even if they pretend to have a CERN email address and their names sound similar to those of some of our colleagues in the CERN Computer Security team. No, they have no business with CERN at

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  • Call for crowdsourcing projects pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Call for crowdsourcing projects pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Crowd4SDG launches its final call for projects to tackle climate change and promote justice

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  • Mapping out the future of high-energy physics in the United States

    On 17 July 2022, hundreds of US high-energy physicists, along with colleagues from all over the world, gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle for a ten-day meeting to take one of the final steps in the latest US high-energy physics (HEP) community planning exercise. These exercises, hosted by the Division of Particles and

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  • Celebrating five years of the CERN Alumni Network, with gold!

    Celebrating five years of the CERN Alumni Network, with gold!

    On 8 June 2022, we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the CERN Alumni Network and its vibrant community

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