Tag: CERN community
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Paul Kuijer (1957–2025)
Paul Kuijer(1957–2025) — We received news of the passing of Paul Kuijer with great sorrow. Paul was a senior experimental physicist at Nikhef and played an important role in the ALICE experiment at CERN. During the last years of his career, Paul had turned his attention mostly towards the ET Pathfinder project within the Gravitational
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Computer Security: 2025 – Plugging holes
The Computer Security Office has been attempting to plug obvious holes in CERN’s computer security stance since well before the 2023 cybersecurity audit, and it will continue to do in 2025 and beyond
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Women and Girls in Science and Technology 2025: reaching out to over 4700 pupils
From 10 to 14 February, 76 ambassadors from CERN, UNIGE, EPFL and LAPP visited schools in the region to inspire young people and show them that science is accessible to everyone
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CERN invites photographers to explore the colliders of the future
On 27 May 2025, twenty photographers will be given an exclusive opportunity to explore the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.
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International Geneva celebrates the International Year of Quantum
Hosted in the historical venue of the Geneva Conservatory of Music, the event brought quantum technologies on stage for the local and global community
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Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in line
While the first H⁻ ion beams have been accelerated up to 160 MeV in Linac4, the PS Booster is preparing for its first proton injection of 2025
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CERN Science Gateway welcomes its 500 000th visitor
CERN Science Gateway has welcomed its 500 000th visitor, just 16 months after it opened to the public. Since October 2023, the Laboratory’s education and outreach centre has been a must-visit for tourists to Geneva, showcasing the science, discoveries and technology of CERN in an interactive way, housed in a unique building designed by renowned
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A curved magnet with much potential
Rope winding and giant pasta shapes meet particle physics in Fusillo, a new magnet prototype with possible medical applications in hadron therapy
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Optical fibre link to make CERN more on time than ever
A new optical fibre link between CERN and Paris will provide the Laboratory with an accurate frequency reference, enhancing precision and supporting experiments like ALPHA in their search for matter–antimatter differences