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Anaïs Schaeffer is a reporter for the CERN communications group.
The Jardin des Particules, the crèche and nursery school run by the Staff Association, is moving into a new building
Oliver Brüning takes over from Lucio Rossi at the helm of the HL-LHC project as of 1 July
As a result of the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the injectors will restart at the end of the year and the LHC will restart in autumn 2021
Novel cryostat units have been installed for the High-Luminosity LHC to allow insertion of room-temperature collimators in the LHC’s 1.9 K cryostats
A Dutch start-up will deploy structured laser beam technology in mobile telecommunication networks
The LHC’s external beam dumps are currently being upgraded ready for Run 3
Work is in progress to modernise the fire protection system in the SPS
A new type of plasma cell, known as a helicon cell, is being studied for AWAKE. The aim is to generate a greater quantity of plasma in one go
CERN surveyors have developed a procedure based on interferometry to determine the position of cold masses inside the cryostats of the future HL-LHC
Major renovation work is under way across the entirety of CERN’s electrical network to modernise certain key facilities
The assembly of the new muon small wheels and the upgrades on the electronics and trigger systems are progressing well
Hot water from the LHC’s cooling system at Point 8 will be collected to heat a new area of the neighbouring commune of Ferney-Voltaire