Tag: News
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The 2023 Django Girls Geneva event was a resounding success!
Last weekend, 34 “Django Girls” discovered the world of computer programming and created their first website under the guidance of CERN mentors
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Computer Security: The symbiosis of your life
Following a surge of technological innovation starting at the end of the twentieth century, the twenty-first century has brought a major socio-biological evolution that not even Charles Darwin would have dreamed of: the homo sapiens sapiens digitalensis
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SuperNode and CERN collaborate on new solutions for renewable energy transmission
The result of this collaboration on superconductivity could greatly improve energy transmission and accelerate the transition to renewable energy
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Probing fundamental symmetries of nature with the Higgs boson
The ATLAS collaboration tested Higgs-boson interactions with the carriers of the weak force, looking for signs of charge-parity symmetry violation
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New compact accelerator to help preserve heritage artworks
CERN and INFN have developed a compact, transportable accelerator for the non-destructive analysis of historical artifacts and artworks, providing a cheaper, more accessible method of analysing large or fragile items of this nature
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From CERN to Jupiter: Juice embarks on its historic journey
Before embarking on its journey, critical components of ESA’s interplanetary mission were tested in the only facility on Earth capable of replicating Jupiter’s harsh radiative environment
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CERN marks the second World Quantum Day
CERN joins in the celebrations on 14 April involving scientists from more than 65 countries
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25-hour days, runaway Higgs boson… Were you fooled?
On 1 April, CERN announced that a new measurement of the second, achieved with a caesium fountain clock, indicated that days were bound to get one hour longer, while the ATLAS and CMS collaborations breathed a sigh of relief after recovering the Higgs boson, which had mysteriously disappeared. With April Fools’ Day now behind us,
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Accelerator Report: Beam is back in the LHC
On Wednesday 22 March, the LHC machine, the injection beam lines and all the experiments were closed for the cold check-out of the LHC, an important phase in the commissioning that follows the hardware tests and is a prerequisite for injecting beam into the machine. During this phase, all safety and interlock systems are activated
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HEARTS innovates to foster European access to space
The EU-funded project HEARTS aims at providing access to high-energy heavy ion radiation testing facilities for space exploitation and space exploration