Tag: Media

  • 103rd Meeting of CERN Council

    Geneva, 15 December 1995. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 103rd session on 15 December under the chairmanship of Prof. Hubert Curien (F). Director General's Report From the lowest energy levels at ISOLDE to the highest at LHC,

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  • Poland at CERN from 28 November to 1 December

    Geneva, 28 November 1995. On 28 November 1995 the first Polish industrial and technological exhibition opened at CERN1. In his inaugural speech Prof Aleksander Luczak, the Polish Deputy Prime Minister, announced : “The first Polish exhibition which I am opening today indicates a new stage of our presence at CERN. It provides an opportunity for

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  • CERN takes off for higher energies

    Geneva, 6 November 1995. CERN1‘s Large Electron-Positron Collider LEP has moved up a gear. On 31 October, particle collisions were observed for the first time at 130 GeV, the highest energy ever achieved in an electron-positron collider. After six years of studying the elementa ry particle known as the Z, LEP moved smoothly up to

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  • Holland at CERN

    Geneva, 17 October 1995. On 17 October the third industrial exhibition, “Holland at CERN1” was officially opened by Dr R.J. van Duinen, President of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). In his opening speech he encouraged scientific organisations such as CERN* to take full advantage of industry’s ability to design and invent new processes

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  • Germany at CERN ’95

    Geneva, 12 September 1995. The importance of fundamental research for the technological strength of a nation was underlined by Ministerial-dirigent Dr Hans C. Eschelbacher in his address at the inauguration of the 6th German Technology exhibition “Germany at CERN1 ’95” on 12 September. Dr Eschelbacher explained; “Efficiency in science is a source of Germany’s innovative

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  • British Minister Opens CERN World Wide Web Days

    Geneva, 12 July 1995. On 8 March, UK Science Minister David Hunt opened CERN1‘s ‘World-Wide Web Days’, a conference designed to give journalists, educators and communication experts a practical introduction to this new telecommunications revolution. Citing CERN’s invention of the Web as the latest in a long line of unforseeable spin-offs, the Minister praised the

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  • Le Japon contribue au grand collisionneur de hadrons du CERN

    Le Ministère japonais de l’Education, de la science et de la culture (Monbusho) a annoncé le 10 mai qu’il contribuerait au financement de la construction du prochain accélérateur de particules du CERN1, le grand collisionneur de hadrons (LHC). Cette annonce fait suite à la visite au Japon d’une délégation du CERN conduite par le Directeur

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  • Japan contributes to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

    Geneva, 12 July 1995. Japan’s Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Monbusho), announced on May 10 that it would help to finance the construction of CERN1‘s next particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This announcement follows the visit of a CERN delegation, led by Director-General Prof. Christopher Llewellyn Smith to Japan in March 1995.

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  • Japan is Observer at CERN

    Geneva, 23 June 1995. The CERN1 Council, where the representatives of the 19 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 102nd session on 23 June under the chairmanship of Prof. Hubert Curien (F). Japan admitted as Observer A Japanese delegation, lead by Mr. Kaoru Yosano, Japan's Minister of

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  • CERN’s Experimental Programme for 1995 starts right on time

    Geneva, 2 May 1995. CERN1‘s Large Electron Positron Collider, LEP, started up for physics right on time on the 2 May, a considerable achievement for the Laboratory’s technicians and engineers who have worked flat out to put right the damage caused by an act of sabotage earlier in the year. The sabotage was discovered on

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