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European XFEL: World’s most powerful X-ray source starts up

The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser in Germany, inaugurated today, showcases the impact of particle accelerators outside physics

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Accelerators
01 September, 2017
Accelerators
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01 September, 2017

GBAR’s antiproton decelerator installed

With the connection between ELENA and GBAR already in place, the commissioning of the decelerator with antiprotons is about to begin

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Physics
30 August, 2017
Physics
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30 August, 2017

LHC report: Something in the nothing

Recent CERN Control Centre (CCC) meetings have been dominated by "16L2"

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Accelerators
29 August, 2017
Accelerators
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29 August, 2017

Webcast: Gravitational waves give new window to cosmos

David Reitze, Director of LIGO, will speak at CERN on how the observation of gravitational waves changes our understanding of the universe

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Physics
29 August, 2017

HL-LHC short-model magnets tests are going full speed ahead

During the summer, the third of a series of short, 1.5-metre-long magnet models for the HL-LHC project was successfully tested

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Engineering
29 August, 2017

Diversifying the Conversation

Learn more, think more and talk more about gender diversity in tech at our upcoming film screening and light lunch

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At CERN
29 August, 2017
At CERN
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29 August, 2017

Computer Security: Hardball for attackers

Successful cyberattacks always start with the compromise of a PC

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Computing
29 August, 2017
Computing
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29 August, 2017

Construction of the protoDUNE detectors begins

With the arrival of key detector components at CERN, the construction of protoDUNE’s single-phase module can now get started

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Experiments
28 August, 2017

LHCb gets ready for a SciFi upgrade

The first 20 modules of a new scintillating fibre tracker have been delivered as early elements of the LHCb detector upgrade

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Experiments
24 August, 2017
Experiments
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24 August, 2017

TED-Ed: The hunt for dark matter

An animation made with TED-Ed to explain what dark matter is and how CERN is looking for it

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Physics
17 August, 2017
Physics
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17 August, 2017