Tag: CERN community
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Olav Ullaland (1944 – 2024)
Olav Ullaland(1944 – 2024) — Olav Ullaland obtained his particle physics degree at the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1971. After a short research period at RAL, UK, he came to CERN in 1973 as a fellow and later became a staff member. He worked as a detector physicist until he retired from CERN in
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Students pitch innovative ideas to tackle healthcare issues using particle accelerators in 10-day challenge
Global healthcare issues – from prosthesis pain to severe burns – were targeted by four student teams in the I.FAST project’s third challenge-based initiative
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How can I use CERN IdeaSquare?
Workshops and hackathons, prototyping facilities, events and more: find out how the CERN community can benefit from IdeaSquare, the innovation space at CERN
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Computer Security: Audited for the better
Summer 2023 was an intense season for CERN computer security…
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Re-engineering radiotherapy
The Smart Technologies to Extend Lives with Linear Accelerators (STELLA) project aims to turn technology developed for particle physics into a novel radiotherapy system suited to the challenging environments of low- and middle-income countries
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Cosmic count exceeds expectation
The AMS detector on board the International Space Station has found more cosmic rays made of deuterons than expected
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ALICE does the double slit
Using collisions between lead nuclei at the LHC, the ALICE collaboration has measured an interference pattern akin to that of the famous double-slit experiment
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LHCb announces its 2024 collaboration prizes
Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the LHCb Thesis Awards, Early Career Scientist Awards and Technical Awards
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NA62 announces its first search for long-lived particles
CERN’s kaon factory pushes the energy frontier to probe uncharted territories of many beyond-the-Standard-Model theories