Tag: Press release
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SCOAP3 Open Access Initiative launched at CERN
Geneva, 1 October 2012. Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries are meeting at CERN1 today to launch the SCOAP32 Open Access initiative. Open Access revolutionizes the traditional scientific publishing model with scientific papers being made freely available to all, and publishers paid directly for their indispensable peer-review services to
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Professor Agnieszka Zalewska elected President of CERN Council
Geneva, 20 September 2012. CERN1 Council today elected Professor Agnieszka Zalewska as its 21st President for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2013. Professor Zalewska takes over from Michel Spiro who comes to the conclusion of his three-year term at the end of December. Geneva, 20 September
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CERN’s first artistic residency reaches a conclusion
Geneva, 19 September 2012. Winner of the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN1 award and CERN2’s first artist in residence, Julius von Bismarck3, will present his work ‘Versuch unter Kreisen’, at the closing lecture of his residency at CERN on 25 September. This follows von Bismarck’s two-month stay at CERN earlier in the year, where he paired
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European particle physics refreshes long-term strategy
Krakow, 12 September 2012. Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow this week have been debating the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium on the European Strategy for Particle Physics. This symposium comes at a turning point for the field, following hot on the heels of the announcement in July
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LHC experiments bring new insight into matter of the primordial universe
Geneva, 13 August 2012. Experiments using heavy ions at CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are advancing understanding of the primordial universe. The ALICE, ATLAS and CMS collaborations have made new measurements of the kind of matter that probably existed in the first instants of the universe. They will present their latest results at the Quark
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AMS experiment marks one year in space
Geneva, 25 July 2012. CERN1 today marked the first year in space for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) with a visit from the crew of the shuttle mission, STS-134, that successfully delivered AMS to the the International Space Station (ISS) just over a year ago. Launched on 16 May last year, the detector was already
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CERN and Ars Electronica launch open call for the second Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN
Geneva and Linz, 18 July 2012. CERN1 and Ars Electronica2 today launch an open call for artists working in the digital domain to apply for the second Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN3. The winner will receive a fully funded residency4 at CERN and Ars Electronica to create new dimensions in their artistic practice by encounters with
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European science champions score an early goal for cloud computing
Geneva, 9 July 2012. “Helix Nebula – the science cloud“, set up earlier this year to support the massive IT requirements of European scientists and create a cloud-computing market for the public sector in Europe, has today announced the initial deployment of its first flagship applications in high-energy physics, molecular biology and natural-disaster risk management.
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CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson
Geneva, 4 July 2012. At a seminar held at CERN1 today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a new particle in the mass region around
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CERN to give update on Higgs search as curtain raiser to ICHEP conference
Geneva, 22 June 2012. CERN1 will hold a scientific seminar at 9:00CEST on 4 July to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson. At this seminar, coming on the eve of this year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP, in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments will deliver the preliminary results of