Tag: News

  • Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physics

    Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physics

    In about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments

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  • Accelerating stroke prevention

    Accelerating stroke prevention

    The same AI algorithms used to diagnose anomalies in CERN’s complex accelerator chain have the potential to detect brain pathologies such as strokes

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  • A new generation of iron-dominated electromagnets has been successfully tested at CERN

    A new generation of iron-dominated electromagnets has been successfully tested at CERN

    The proof-of-principle demonstrator could pave the way for more energy-efficient electromagnets

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  • Promoting the quality of working life

    Promoting the quality of working life

    The “Efficiency and caring at work” awareness campaign will be launched this autumn as part of the “Work Well Feel Well” project, which began in 2017

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  • Accelerating circular fashion

    Accelerating circular fashion

    What role could particle accelerators play in recycling textile waste?

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  • Computer Security: Avoiding salmonella in your code

    Computer Security: Avoiding salmonella in your code

    Writing quality software is like preparing an amazing meal for your friends. Quality ingredients. Established utensils. A clean kitchen (at least initially). And regular tasting to avoid giving your friends a disappointment (or salmonella). The same thing applies to coding. Choosing a suitable programming language. Using established software and version management tools. Preparing clean and

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  • Empowering change – new ambassadors at the CERN & Society Foundation

    Empowering change – new ambassadors at the CERN & Society Foundation

    Get to know the Foundation’s new ambassadors

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  • Accelerator Report: Beams injected into the LHC ahead of heavy ion collisions

    Accelerator Report: Beams injected into the LHC ahead of heavy ion collisions

    The LHC resumes beam production, following the repair of the inner triplet vacuum leak, and gears up for heavy ion collisions

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  • HL-LHC: successful tests validate a new remote alignment system for magnets

    HL-LHC: successful tests validate a new remote alignment system for magnets

    The many CERN-developed sensors and software programs of the FRAS (Full Remote Alignment System) have been successfully tested on a prototype magnet in preparation for the HL-LHC

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  • Farewell to CERN’s astronaut

    Farewell to CERN’s astronaut

    Polish engineer, Slawosz Uznanski, said goodbye to CERN colleagues ahead of ESA astronaut training

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