Tag: CERN community
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Science Gateway construction gets the green light
Construction of CERN’s Science Gateway is to start later this year, following receipt of official permission from the Geneva authorities. This unique facility is due to open to the public at the end of 2022
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Tony Shave (1951 – 2020)
Tony Shave(1951 – 2020) — It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Tony Shave, a former member of the CERN personnel, who had recently retired after devoting 42 years of his life to the Organization in the fields of radiation protection and technical support. Originally from Sussex in the
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CERN and CHUV collaborate on a pioneering new cancer radiotherapy facility
CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment
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Philippe Mermod (1978 – 2020)
Philippe Mermod(1978 – 2020) — It is with great sadness that we inform you that Philippe Mermod, a member of the ATLAS and SHiP collaborations at CERN, passed away on 20 August 2020. Philippe was born in Geneva in 1978 He obtained his Master’s degree in 2002 from the University of Geneva and his PhD
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By protecting yourself, you protect others
Like the rest of the world, CERN is going through challenging times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the virus did not vanish during the summer but is still circulating among the global population. In numerous countries, the number of infections is rising again – resulting in renewed constraints on our professional and private lives.
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Horst Wenninger (1938 – 2020)
Former CERN director Horst Wenninger played key roles in the approval of the LHC and in firmly establishing knowledge transfer at CERN
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Rare phenomenon observed by ATLAS features the LHC as a high-energy photon collider
The ATLAS experiment reports the observation of photon collisions producing weak-force carriers and provides further insights into their interactions
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CERN experiments announce first indications of a rare Higgs boson process
The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN have announced new results which show that the Higgs boson decays into two muons
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LS2 Report: The High-Luminosity LHC is ready for injection
A new beam absorber, developed for high luminosity, has been installed in the LHC