Tag: News
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ALICE bags about twelve billion heavy-ion collisions
The whopping number of collisions recorded by ALICE during the recent five-week heavy-ion run of the LHC is 40 times greater than the total recorded by the experiment in its previous periods of heavy-ion data taking, from 2010 to 2018
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The CERN community’s ultimate gift guide
Looking for gift ideas? Here are 13 on-site options to find the perfect present
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Exotic atomic nucleus sheds light on the world of quarks
CERN and the Accelerator Laboratory in Jyväskylä, Finland, have teamed up to weigh in on the understanding of the effects of the weak force on quarks
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CERN energy management: a collective effort
Find out how we can all help to improve CERN’s energy performance
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Computer Security: Your six digits are yours
Sharing your six digits could negatively impact your private life, your work and the overall reputation and operations of the Organization
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Progress Pride flag lights up the Esplanade des Particules in honour of LGBTQ+ STEM day
For the first time in its history, CERN raises the Progress Pride flag on the main Esplanade, showing solidarity with the worldwide scientific LGBTQ+ community
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Host State Presidents visit CERN
President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset visited CERN on 16 November
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Thick-skinned: Scientists determine the thickness of neutron “skin” in lead-208 nuclei
This is the first measurement of the neutron skin of lead-208 using exchanges predominantly involving gluons and it can provide insight into the structure of nuclei and neutron stars
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ISOLDE sees shape shifting in gold nuclei
The finding comes a little more than 50 years after the phenomenon was first discovered at the facility in mercury nuclei