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A superconducting shield for astronauts

Magnetic shielding technology developed at CERN could protect astronauts from cosmic radiation in space

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Engineering
05 August, 2015
Engineering
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05 August, 2015

SESAME passes an important milestone at CERN

The first of the 16 magnetic sectors in the main storage ring of the future light source in Jordan has successfully passed its tests at CERN

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Engineering
07 April, 2015
Engineering
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07 April, 2015

XFELs in the study of biological structure

The femtosecond pulses and astonishing peak brilliance of X-ray free-electron lasers are enabling whole new classes of experiments for imaging biology

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Engineering
16 March, 2015
Engineering
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16 March, 2015

The SESAME laboratory: celebrating the power of light 

Rolf Heuer on the project to build a synchrotron light source in the Middle East

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Engineering
16 January, 2015
Engineering
Opinion
16 January, 2015

LHC filling with liquid helium at 4 kelvin

The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K

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Engineering
17 December, 2014
Engineering
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17 December, 2014

CERN-ITER collaboration under new leadership

Miguel Jimenez to head CERN-ITER collaboration steering committee

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Engineering
09 July, 2014
Engineering
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09 July, 2014

LHC dipole takes a trip downtown

An LHC magnet makes a stop in the heart of Geneva to celebrate 200 years since the canton joined the Swiss Confederation

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Engineering
03 June, 2014
Engineering
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03 June, 2014

Giant magnet parades through downtown Geneva

An LHC magnet makes a stop in the heart of Geneva to celebrate 200 years since the canton joined the Swiss Confederation

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Engineering
03 June, 2014
Engineering
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03 June, 2014

EDMS 6 now available

A new, more intuitive version of the Engineering and Equipment Data Management Service (EDMS) is now available

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Engineering
28 April, 2014
Engineering
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28 April, 2014

World-record current in a superconductor

The CERN Superconductors team recently obtained a world-record current of 20 kA at 24 K in a magnesium diboride (MgB<sub>2</sub>) superconductor

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Engineering
14 April, 2014
Engineering
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14 April, 2014