Tag: Opinion
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What like a beam can undeceive! (*With apologies to Herman Melville)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has recently completed a two-week beam test following a lengthy post-Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) campaign of hardware commissioning, magnet circuit powering tests and dipole training. The dipole training was not without issues. Two separate quench-induced faults made it necessary to warm up two sectors: one for a magnet exchange (sector
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Entering a new chapter for the HL-LHC project
More than 200 participants gathered online at the 11th annual HL-LHC collaboration meeting to take stock of CERN’s flagship project as it starts taking shape on an industrial scale.
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CERN alumni impact society
In just four years of existence, the CERN alumni network has grown to include over 7000 members. The extent and reach of the network is testimony to the interest of our alumni in remaining a part of the unique CERNois community and staying connected with its mission. This is an asset for the Laboratory and
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A reminder of the COVID-19 measures in place
Our capacity to tackle COVID-19 depends on the efforts of everyone
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The changing face of conferences
The 2021 EPS-HEP conference was another online-only gathering, serving up a feast of physics to a record audience from 26 to 30 July. As conferences get back to being in person, there are lessons to be learned from the COVID conference experience
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Getting back to a diverse physics programme after LS2
The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is back in operation after close to three years of intense maintenance and upgrades. With this milestone behind us, and with only the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) left to restart, it is hard not to be excited about getting back to physics after LS2. The SPS is the last link
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Laying the foundations for a solid future
On 21 June, we laid the symbolic foundation stone of the Science Gateway: an occasion to show the great progress that is being made towards CERN’s new learning centre. Speakers at the ceremony, including the President of the Council making her presentation from the Pompidou Centre in Paris, used the occasion to underline CERN’s values
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A warm welcome back to our visitors
On 1 June 2021, CERN restarted a number of activities for the public after having had the doors closed for visits and events due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Join us in launching CERN’s Year of Environmental Awareness on 24 June
Last Saturday was World Environment Day, and a fitting occasion for us to launch CERN’s Year of Environmental Awareness, an initiative allowing everyone involved with the Laboratory to discover CERN’s work in the field of environmental protection, and to find out how we can all contribute. We are launching the initiative in 2021 for good
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A pragmatic COVID scale system
Much work has gone into CERN’s COVID scale and accompanying measures, which will be introduced on 1 June. The overriding objective of the new system is to provide better visibility on the measures that will be applicable at CERN in the coming months. These measures will guide several aspects of life at CERN, from telework