Tag: CERN community

  • Promoting respect at home and abroad

    This week, CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer focusses on respect, whether at home, at work or on the international scene

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  • Important milestones for the LHC and for integrity

    The major news this week is, of course, the start of LHC Run 2

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  • The slings and arrows of LHC restart schedules

    Against a backdrop of great progress in the powering tests for running at 6.5 TeV, a short cicuit is causing a delay, writes Rolf Heuer

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  • A report from Council

    The success of the LS1, the restart of accelerators and the impact of the high value of the Swiss franc were discussed during CERN Council meeting.

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  • Keeping HL-LHC accountable

    This week saw the cost and schedule of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) projects come under close scrutiny

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  • Proposed cuts to Horizon 2020 are short-sighted

    Invest on sustaining the intellectual bridges that Europe has painstakingly put in place, says CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer

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  • Seeing is believing

    Lucio Rossi reflects on how particle accelerators extend our sense of sight

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  • Helping CERN to benefit society

    Anne Richards describes the thinking behind a new foundation that is spreading CERN’s spirit of scientific curiosity

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  • Science for Good: Governance is the Key

    Incorporating sound scientific advice into governance structures is of of vital importance, says Rolf Heuer

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  • The SESAME laboratory: celebrating the power of light 

    Rolf Heuer on the project to build a synchrotron light source in the Middle East

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