Tag: CERN community
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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,
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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
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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
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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!
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Contributing to the emergency response in Türkiye in the aftermath of the earthquake
Marc Nas, Operations Officer and Deputy Group Leader of the CERN Fire and Rescue Service, describes his mission to support the international effort
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Kicking off
Following the installation of kicker magnets that are more heat resistant and their successful tests during the SPS scrubbing run, the SPS is getting ready for High-Luminosity LHC operation.
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ALICE sees the ridge in simplest collisions yet
The observation brings physicists a step closer to finding the origin of collective phenomena in small collision systems
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A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023
Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season
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A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023
Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season