Tag: CERN community
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Lawrence W. Jones (1925 – 2023)
Lawrence W. Jones(1925 – 2023) — Lawrence W. Jones, an experimental particle physicist who contributed to important developments in accelerators and detectors, and a well-respected mentor and educator, passed away on 30 June 2023. Jones was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA, on 16 November 1925. He enrolled at Northwestern University in autumn 1943, but was
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Computer Security: I know what you did last summer
Just in time for the end of the holiday season and with reference to a famous film of the 90s, we set out to study where you’ve been and what you did this (last) summer… without infringing on your privacy as you’re actually already publishing this information freely. Or, rather, your smartphone is. As discussed
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LHCb observes hypertriton production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC
With its detection of hypertriton in proton-proton collisions, the LHCb experiment strengthens CERN’s role as one of the few places worldwide to study hypernuclei such as the hypertriton and its antipartner in detail
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SESAME, a growing focal point for regional scientific collaboration
SESAME, the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East laboratory, welcomes Iraq as its first Associate Member
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Dark boson searches at CERN’s North Area
With their latest dark-matter searches, both the NA62 and NA64 experiments start probing several well motivated light dark-matter models
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Jacome Costales Ballesteros (1999 – 2023)
Jacome Costales Ballesteros(1999 – 2023) — We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Mr Jacome Costales Ballesteros on 10 August 2023. Jacome Costales Ballesteros, who was born on 29 April 1999, worked in the FAP department and had been at CERN since 1 October 2021. Yaco, as his colleagues called him, was a
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The LHC leak repair: a short photostory
Scroll through the photo diary to relive the repair of the LHC
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Computer Security: Don’t get socially engineered
“Social engineering” is the art of manipulating you to perform actions you would not normally perform
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Roberto Lopez (1979 – 2023)
Roberto Lopez(1979 – 2023) — We are deeply saddened to announce that Mr Roberto Lopez died on 7 August 2023. Roberto Lopez, born 7 July 1979, worked in the TE department and had been at CERN since 1 January 2005. The Director-General has sent a message of condolence to his family on behalf of the
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With FLOTUS, aerosol precursor vapours age more quickly
FLOTUS is a new addition to the CLOUD experiment at CERN. By accelerating the oxidation of organic vapours before injecting them into the CLOUD chamber, FLOTUS allows more complex atmospheric phenomena to be studied