Tag: CERN community

  • Giuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)

    Giuseppe Fidecaro (1926 – 2024)

    Giuseppe Fidecaro(1926 – 2024) — We are saddened to learn that experimental physicist Giuseppe Fidecaro, who joined CERN in 1956, passed away on 28 March. He was 97 years old. Giuseppe was a familiar face to the CERN community, often seen arm in arm with his wife Maria as the pair made their way through

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  • The CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard Model

    The CMS experiment at CERN measures a key parameter of the Standard Model

    With this measurement the LHC is again demonstrating its ability to provide very high-precision measurements and bringing new insights into an old mystery

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  • CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

    CERN and the Swiss Arts Council announce the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

    Arts at CERN, in collaboration with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, today announced Robin Meier Wiratunga and Vimala Pons as the artists selected for the sixth edition of Connect

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  • AMS’s second new life

    AMS’s second new life

    After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the ISS is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays

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  • Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both

    Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both

    Beam commissioning is progressing well across the entire accelerator complex, but challenges have arisen, in particular in Linac4, highlighting the complexities involved

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  • Spring at CERN, your photos

    Spring at CERN, your photos

    Thank you for sending in your beautiful spring photos, see them all here alongside the winning photo of our competition

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  • World Wide Web at 35

    World Wide Web at 35

    From Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal in March 1989 to today, the World Wide Web’s impact on society has been profound

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  • News from the March CERN Council Session

    News from the March CERN Council Session

    The successful restart of the accelerator complex, Brazil’s Associate Membership and the next update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics were among many topics discussed in the 216th session of the CERN Council

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  • CERN and STFC support environmentally sustainable physics

    CERN and STFC support environmentally sustainable physics

    CERN and the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) sign a new agreement to support the development of more sustainable particle accelerators

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  • Computer Security: Day of the open firewall

    Computer Security: Day of the open firewall

    With ongoing vulnerability scans of CERN’s internet presence, the Computer Security team’s plans to perform penetration testing against selected targets visible to the internet

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