Tag: CERN community
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Farewell to two CERN club giants
Freddy Streun, co-founder of the CERN Ski club, and Norman Eatough, founder of the CERN Croquet club, are retiring from their club activities after decades of tireless service
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The SPS beam dump
On 7 March, beams were circulated in the SPS for the first time this year. In this article, we reflect on the successful commissioning of the accelerator’s new beam dump
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Computer Security: Log in. Click. Be secure
The ultimate silver bullet to protect your account, computer and data is using a sufficiently complex and unique password combined with a second-factor token
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Building work for CERN’s new data centre in Prévessin begins
On Friday, 22 April, a ceremony was held to mark the beginning of construction of CERN’s new energy-efficient data centre
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Large Hadron Collider restarts
Beams of protons are again circulating around the collider’s 27-kilometre ring, marking the end of a multiple-year hiatus for upgrade work
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Environmental awareness: how CERN supports and encourages alternative forms of mobility
A step-by-step approach to environmentally responsible commuting and duty travel
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CMS measures the mass of the top quark with unparalleled accuracy
Precise knowledge of the top-quark mass is of paramount importance to understand our world at the smallest scale
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Brazil to become an Associate Member State of CERN
On 3 March 2022, CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and Brazilian Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Marcos Pontes signed an agreement admitting Brazil as an Associate Member State of CERN
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The President of Croatia visits CERN
The easing of health and safety restrictions has put protocol visits back on the agenda at CERN. The President of Croatia, an Associate Member State, honoured CERN with his presence on Thursday, 7 April. Zoran Milanović was welcomed at LHC Point 5 by the sub-prefect for Gex and Nantua, Pascaline Boulay, along with a CERN
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LHCb reveals secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions
The finding may help determine whether or not any antimatter seen by experiments in space originates from dark matter