Tag: CERN community
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Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefit
The year-end technical stop (YETS) officially started on 30 October, with promising performance tests in Linac4. The injection of the first 2024 LHC beam is scheduled for 11 March 2024
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Computer Security: Data Centre Nightmares
Computer security comes with clear mantras: “Defence-in-depth”, where security controls are applied at every level of the hardware and software stack, and “Keep it simple, stupid”, to avoid unnecessary complexity
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Digital twins at CERN and beyond
Discover how these virtual copies of reality are being used at CERN and what their impact is on society
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Heard about quantum technology? Now it’s time to understand it!
Quantum technology is among the biggest talking points on the web. And yet, the general feeling is that only experts can understand it. The Sparks! Forum at CERN aims to prove this wrong
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A journey from CERN to entrepreneurship
Through CERN Venture Connect, a new programme that helps launch startups at CERN, ideas can grow to shape the future of technology
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Computer Security: in numbers
CERN is under attack. During working hours. On weekends. During vacations. Throughout annual closures. CERN is under attack. Permanently. Its Internet and web presence are constantly being probed for weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Its computing accounts are being targeted by phishing attacks or social engineering. Individual end-devices, laptops and PCs are vulnerable to hackers. While it
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Celebrate Dark Matter Day at CERN Science Gateway
On 3 November, Nobel laureate Michel Mayor and other scientists will shed light on the dark side of the sky to celebrate Dark Matter Day 2023 at CERN
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Accelerator Report: Ending the 2023 run with a quench
Another few days and the last 2023 LHC beams will be dumped, hopefully by the machine protection system following a controlled magnet quench
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LIVE: from the CERN Control Centre with the four largest LHC experiments
Join scientists from the four largest LHC experiments and other experts, live at the CERN Control Centre on 2 November 2023, 3 p.m. CET, for a recap of the first heavy-ion run of the LHC Run 3
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The Beamline for Schools winners experimented at CERN and DESY
From 14 to 28 September, the three winning teams of the 2023 edition of the Beamline for Schools competition had the chance to use the test-beam facilities at CERN and DESY to perform their experiments