Tag: CERN community

  • First observations of short-lived pear-shaped atomic nuclei

    First observations of short-lived pear-shaped atomic nuclei

    Geneva, 8 May 2013. An international team at the ISOLDE radioactive-beam facility at CERN1 has shown that some atomic nuclei can assume asymmetric, “pear” shapes. The observations contradict some existing nuclear theories and will require others to be amended. The results are published in the journal Nature on 8 May 2013. Most nuclei have the

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  • Twenty years of a free and open www

    Robert Cailliau on the birth of the web, early brainstorming sessions and “how to spread this thing”

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  • The open internet and the web

    Vinton G Cerf, one of the “Fathers of the internet”, on the architecture, connectivity and openness of the web

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  • Our universe is yours

    The message we want to pass to our visitors on our open days, and at the inauguration of Passport to the Big Bang, is that “Our universe is yours”

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  • A bountiful spring harvest

    As CERN reaps a bountiful harvest from the LHC’s first three years of running, we are sowing the seeds for a bright future at our flagship facility

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  • Learning from management outliers

    ATLAS resources coordinator Markus Nordberg explains why the Strategic Management Society is holding a conference at CERN

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  • Sights and Sounds – Arts@CERN

    CERN cultural specialist Ariane Koek gives a quick roundup of what’s coming up for Arts@CERN

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  • A new website for CERN

    CERN’s new website will be launched progressively over the coming weeks, replacing first the public website and eventually the users’ website

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  • Success and adaptation

    Rolf Heuer expresses his thanks to all the people who made this first LHC run such a success

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  • Defining priorities

    Draft update to the Strategy for European Particle Physics

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