Tag: CERN community
-
The Technical Galleries Consolidation Project is progressing well
5 km of technical galleries have been scanned and half of them 3D-modelled, and the work to renovate and replace their technical infrastructure is in full swing
-
The 2023 Django Girls Geneva event was a resounding success!
Last weekend, 34 “Django Girls” discovered the world of computer programming and created their first website under the guidance of CERN mentors
-
Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro (1941 – 2023)
Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro(1941 – 2023) — Accelerator physicist Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro passed away on 11 February 2023 in his hometown of Naples, Italy, after a short illness. Vittorio graduated in 1965 from the University of Naples Federico II. He soon moved to CERN as a fellow, where he remained from 1966 to 1969, contributing to
-
Computer Security: The symbiosis of your life
Following a surge of technological innovation starting at the end of the twentieth century, the twenty-first century has brought a major socio-biological evolution that not even Charles Darwin would have dreamed of: the homo sapiens sapiens digitalensis
-
New compact accelerator to help preserve heritage artworks
CERN and INFN have developed a compact, transportable accelerator for the non-destructive analysis of historical artifacts and artworks, providing a cheaper, more accessible method of analysing large or fragile items of this nature
-
From CERN to Jupiter: Juice embarks on its historic journey
Before embarking on its journey, critical components of ESA’s interplanetary mission were tested in the only facility on Earth capable of replicating Jupiter’s harsh radiative environment
-
25-hour days, runaway Higgs boson… Were you fooled?
On 1 April, CERN announced that a new measurement of the second, achieved with a caesium fountain clock, indicated that days were bound to get one hour longer, while the ATLAS and CMS collaborations breathed a sigh of relief after recovering the Higgs boson, which had mysteriously disappeared. With April Fools’ Day now behind us,
-
Accelerator Report: Beam is back in the LHC
On Wednesday 22 March, the LHC machine, the injection beam lines and all the experiments were closed for the cold check-out of the LHC, an important phase in the commissioning that follows the hardware tests and is a prerequisite for injecting beam into the machine. During this phase, all safety and interlock systems are activated
-
HEARTS innovates to foster European access to space
The EU-funded project HEARTS aims at providing access to high-energy heavy ion radiation testing facilities for space exploitation and space exploration
-
Computer security: Is this password yours?
Unless you employ the ultimate silver bullet to protect your account and greatly reduce the consequences of a compromised password, namely two-factor authentication, watch out!