Tag: CERN community

  • Environmental awareness: Greenhouse gas emissions

    Environmental awareness: Greenhouse gas emissions

    With climate change a growing concern, the Organization is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions

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  • BASE breaks new ground in matter–antimatter comparisons

    BASE breaks new ground in matter–antimatter comparisons

    The collaboration has made the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons and tested whether or not they behave in the same way under the influence of gravity

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  • Guardians of the tunnel

    Guardians of the tunnel

    Artificial intelligence technologies are being deployed to inspect and document cracks in CERN’s tunnels in order to assess the risks for the machines inside them

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  • Michel Spiro promoted to officer of the Legion of Honour

    Michel Spiro promoted to officer of the Legion of Honour

    Michel Spiro was promoted from knight to officer of the Legion of Honour, the French order of merit, on 14 July 2021

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  • The 2021 five-yearly review completes its course

    Formally launched on 1 January 2020, the five-yearly review recently completed its course with the approval by the Council of the proposals put forward by the Management. This is the culmination of two years of data collection and analysis, consultation with various services across the Organization and in-depth concertation with the Staff Association. The process

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  • Winners of 2019 EU Contest for Young Scientists visit CERN

    Winners of 2019 EU Contest for Young Scientists visit CERN

    The young scientists earned the week-long discovery visit of CERN after designing and prototyping a High-Altitude Micro Air Vehicle

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  • Computer Security: Disaster for your crown jewels

    You, as a CERN service manager, data taker, control system expert, trigger master, software custodian or document librarian, have a professional responsibility to ensure that your crown jewels are properly protected and backed up

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  • Celebrating the role of basic science in sustainable development

    Celebrating the role of basic science in sustainable development

    Last week, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2022 the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD). An initiative championed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), which celebrates its 100th anniversary next year, the international year will be organised under the auspices of UNESCO. If COVID-19 has taught us

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  • Send a CERN e-card

    Send a CERN e-card

    Send colleagues, family and friends holiday greetings using the CERN e-card service. The video is available on YouTube. You can create your own personalised electronic cards by signing in with your CERN account on this site. Please note that this year’s cards will only be available virtually and that no physical copies will be distributed.

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  • CERN has a new Cultural Advisory Board

    CERN’s newly appointed Cultural Advisory Board will hold its first meeting

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