Tag: CERN community

  • W boson turns 40

    Forty years ago today, physicists at CERN announced to the world that they had discovered the electrically charged carrier of the weak force, one of nature’s four fundamental forces

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  • Members of the “CoE RAISE” EU project – developing AI approaches for next-generation supercomputers – meet at CERN

    This innovative project is developing artificial-intelligence (AI) approaches for next-generation “exascale” supercomputers

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  • Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars

    Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars

    CERN and software company Zenseact wrap up a joint research project that could allow autonomous-driving cars to make faster decisions, thus helping avoid accidents

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  • Cool kickers for the HL-LHC

    The first “MKI-Cool” was installed in early January – water-cooled ferrite cylinders will protect the LHC’s kicker magnets from increased heat load in the high-luminosity era

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  • HiLumi News: 7.2-m-long niobium–tin quadrupole magnet manufactured at CERN reaches nominal current for the first time

    The 7.2-metre-long version of this vital HL-LHC component reached nominal current plus an operational margin corresponding to a coil peak field of 11.5 T at 1.9 K during a test in SM18

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  • Computer Security: Animal or plant?

    We have been informed that it’s not only computer mice that pose a threat to your digital well-being. No, trackpads do, too

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  • ATLAS delivers most precise luminosity measurement at the LHC

    Precise knowledge of luminosity is crucial for both searches for new phenomena and precision measurements of known Standard Model processes

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  • International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February: local activities for all ages

    International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February: local activities for all ages

    This special day will be celebrated with presentations in schools and two theatre pieces

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  • Creating a community for radiological and environmental monitoring systems

    Creating a community for radiological and environmental monitoring systems

    The PulsRad22 workshop marked the completion of CERN’s new state-of-the-art radiation monitoring system and the creation of a new forum for discussion

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  • Civil-engineering work for the major upgrade of the LHC completed

    Civil-engineering work for the major upgrade of the LHC completed

    CERN celebrates the completion of the civil-engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the major upgrade of its flagship collider, the LHC

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