Tag: CERN community
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CERN is the guest of honour at the Cité des métiers in Geneva
From 25 to 30 November, CERN will be the guest of honour at the Cité des métiers, at Geneva’s Palexpo. On an area of more than 1000 square metres, the CERN stand will offer visitors an immersive experience of the Laboratory’s many different professions
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Computer Security: 20 years of securing controls (or trying to): mitigations
We’ve seen in the past two Bulletins that control system cybersecurity is the black sheep of IT, a hard-to-change tanker’s course. Still, with significant daily damage of 250 000 USD for ALMA, the costs of falling to a cyberattack can no longer be ignored
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Accelerator Report: 2025 is another record-breaking year for protons in the LHC
The 2025 LHC proton run has come to a close, with record performance delivered to all experiments. The LHC now gears up for the upcoming lead-ion run
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Arts at CERN and the Nobel Prize Museum collaborate on the Collide residency
Arts at CERN and the Nobel Prize Museum launch the first open call for Collide Stockholm
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CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
At a dedicated meeting of the CERN Council on 6-7 November, delegates from CERN’s Member and Associate Member States reviewed the outcome of the Feasibility Study for the proposed Future Circular Collider
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Biodiversity project takes flight
The “Ambient” initiative is using artificial intelligence to identify birdsong on the CERN sites and monitor biodiversity
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First observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons
This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the CMS experiment, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature
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Ion recycling to illuminate the heaviest elements
A sophisticated electrostatic trap at CERN’s ISOLDE facility could help researchers probe the chemical reactivity of the rarest and least understood elements
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Computer Security: 20 years of securing controls (or trying to): black swans and convergence
While eagerly expected by experts, the first dominant incident on control systems reported by the media was the Stuxnet attack of 2010 against the Iranian nuclear programme allegedly conducted by some secret services