Tag: CERN community
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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
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 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
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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Arrival/change of address in Switzerland and Swiss “Attestation de départ”
Arrival/change of address in Switzerland and Swiss “Attestation de départ” — The Swiss authorities strongly recommend that members of the personnel declare their arrival in Switzerland and any change of address within 14 days, particularly if they have children of school age. In addition, certain formalities linked to leaving Switzerland (e.g. lease termination, customs declaration,
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First observation of photons-to-taus in proton–proton collisions by CMS
Using the outstanding tracking capabilities of the CMS detector, the collaboration observed two photons producing two tau-leptons in proton–proton collisions
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Brazil becomes Associate Member State of CERN
Brazil has become the first Associate Member State of CERN in the Americas
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CERN launches the White Rabbit Collaboration
White Rabbit, an open-source timing technology developed at CERN, has applications far beyond particle physics. To foster its uptake by industry, CERN has launched the White Rabbit Collaboration
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Scientists use n_TOF to investigate how cerium is produced in the Universe
The CERN facility allowed scientists to see how this rare Earth metal is synthesised in stars. The results open up new questions about stellar nucleosynthesis and the chemical evolution of galaxies