Tag: News

  • The 2021 five-yearly review completes its course

    Formally launched on 1 January 2020, the five-yearly review recently completed its course with the approval by the Council of the proposals put forward by the Management. This is the culmination of two years of data collection and analysis, consultation with various services across the Organization and in-depth concertation with the Staff Association. The process

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  • Register now for Beamline for Schools 2022

    Register now for Beamline for Schools 2022

    Are you a high-school student or teacher anywhere in the world? Register now for a unique opportunity to create and perform a scientific experiment at CERN

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  • Winners of 2019 EU Contest for Young Scientists visit CERN

    Winners of 2019 EU Contest for Young Scientists visit CERN

    The young scientists earned the week-long discovery visit of CERN after designing and prototyping a High-Altitude Micro Air Vehicle

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  • Computer Security: Disaster for your crown jewels

    You, as a CERN service manager, data taker, control system expert, trigger master, software custodian or document librarian, have a professional responsibility to ensure that your crown jewels are properly protected and backed up

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  • Send a CERN e-card

    Send a CERN e-card

    Send colleagues, family and friends holiday greetings using the CERN e-card service. The video is available on YouTube. You can create your own personalised electronic cards by signing in with your CERN account on this site. Please note that this year’s cards will only be available virtually and that no physical copies will be distributed.

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  • CERN has a new Cultural Advisory Board

    CERN’s newly appointed Cultural Advisory Board will hold its first meeting

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  • Computer Security: A new bonbon to protect you

    With the new firewall in place (“Block the bad, grant the good access”) in addition to our dedicated malware-quarantining appliance that has been running smoothly for some years, it’s time for strike number three: the deployment of new anti-virus, anti-malware and endpoint detection and response software running on Windows and Mac computers. Our bonbon for

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  • CERN second Environment Report: concrete actions to reduce footprint

    CERN second Environment Report: concrete actions to reduce footprint

    The report covers the years 2019-2020 when the accelerator complex was in its second long shutdown, an opportunity for CERN to improve its environmental footprint on several levels

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  • President of the Swiss Confederation visits CERN

    The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, honoured CERN with his presence on Friday, 5 November 2021. He was accompanied by representatives of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (DEFR) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE). At Point 1 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the Swiss Head of

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  • Environmental awareness: CERN’s process for minimising environmental noise

    Environmental awareness: CERN’s process for minimising environmental noise

    In the design phase of a new project, CERN takes into account the 2018 reference levels for noise limits, the new noise source characteristics, and noise from existing infrastructure. The data is then processed by a 3D georeferenced modelling software. Mitigation measures are defined where needed, based on the results of the modelling. Before the

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