Tag: CERN community

  • HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start

    HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start

    Scientists at CERN have triggered the complex cooldown of a 95-m-long test stand that reproduces the underground configuration of innovative technologies for the Large Hadron Collider’s high-luminosity upgrade

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  • Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (1951 – 2025)

    Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (1951 – 2025)

    Knud Dahlerup-Petersen(1951 – 2025) — It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of our former colleague Knud Dahlerup-Petersen. Knud Dahlerup-Petersen was a remarkable engineer, colleague and leader whose career at CERN spanned nearly four decades and whose influence on the design, protection and operation of superconducting magnet systems is deeply embedded

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  • Taxation in Switzerland

    Memorandum concerning the internal tax annual certificate, the individual annual statement and income tax declaration forms in Switzerland for the reference year 2025

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  • Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions

    Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions

    The CMS Collaboration demonstrates that machine learning can outperform traditional methods in the full reconstruction of particle collisions at the LHC

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  • Rules applicable to members of personnel residing in Switzerland at the end of their contract

    Rules applicable to members of personnel residing in Switzerland at the end of their contract Written by: Host State Relations service — The Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva reiterates the rules applicable to members of personnel of international organizations (IOs) who are resident in Switzerland

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  • Love is in the air at CERN’s HEARTS facility

    Love is in the air at CERN’s HEARTS facility

    Successful tests by industry and scientific users at CERN prepare electronic components for the harsh conditions of space

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  • Revision of OC 11: a modernised data privacy framework for CERN

    Following the Director-General’s approval on 17 December 2025, the revised Operational Circular No. 11, “The processing of personal data at CERN” (OC 11), entered into force on 1 February 2026. This revised Circular cancels and replaces Operational Circular No. 11 dated January 2019 and its two annexes which came into force on 1 July 2021.

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  • Summer work for children of members of the personnel in 2026

    Summer work for children of members of the personnel in 2026 Written by: HR department — As part of its annual summer work programme, CERN will offer a limited number of short-term summer jobs to children of members of the personnel (i.e. anyone holding an employment or association contract with the Organization). These positions involve

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  • CERN launches KENORA: a new era in occupational health management

    On 12 January 2026, CERN’s Medical Service implemented KENORA, a new occupational health management system to modernise and strengthen occupational health monitoring across the Organization, replacing the existing KITRY (medical records) and PLAMED (planning tool). It is based on a single, secure platform and represents a significant step forward in the management of occupational health

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  • Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown

    Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown

    Beam commissioning is progressing well in CERN’s accelerator complex, with beams already at the gates of the SPS

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