1st EPS Technology and Innovation Group’s (TIG) Maker Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces at IdeaSquare, CERN
EPS-TIG (Technology and Innovation Group), in close collaboration with the EPS Young Minds Programme, the Soleil synchrotron and CERN, organised a hands-on Maker Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces at CERN from 4-6 November 2019.
Dutch and US students win 2019 CERN Beamline for Schools competition
Two teams of high-school students, one from the Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen, Netherlands, and one from the West High School in Salt Lake City, USA, have won the 2019 Beamline for Schools competition.
Towards an update of the European Particle Physics Strategy
The European Strategy for Particle Physics is the cornerstone of Europe’s decision-making process for the long-term future of the field. Mandated by the CERN Council, an update of the Strategy is currently under way. A major step in this process was the Open Symposium, attended by some 600 physicists, held in Granada, Spain from 13-16 May 2019.
1st EPS TIG Hands-on Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces
The Technology and Innovation Group (TIG), in close collaboration with the Young Minds, is organising a hands-on workshop on October 4-6, 2019 at CERN Geneva to offer young physicists and engineers new hands-on skills in hardware, software and related interfaces.
CERN unveils its Science Gateway project
CERN is launching a new scientific education and outreach centre. The building will be designed by world-renowned architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop and funded through external donations, with the leading contribution coming from FCA Foundation
SESAME becomes the world’s first large accelerator complex to be fully powered by renewable energy
On 26 February 2019, a ceremony was held to mark the official inauguration of the solar power plant of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East).
FASER: CERN approves new experiment to look for long-lived, exotic particles
The experiment, which will complement existing searches for dark matter at the LHC, will be operational in 2021.
Save the date to celebrate the Web@30 on 12 March 2019
The Web@30 event is happening at CERN and you can join it from anywhere in the world.
In 1989, CERN was a hive of ideas and information stored on multiple incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a unifying structure for linking information across different computers, and wrote a proposal in March 1989 called “Information Management: A Proposal”. By 1991, this vision of universal connectivity had become the World Wide Web!
Dr. Ursula Bassler elected as next President of the CERN Council
The CERN Council announced the election of Dr Ursula Bassler as its 23rd President, for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2019. She will take over from Professor Sijbrand de Jong, who concludes his three-year term at the end of December.
EUROfusion takes over EIROforum presidency
In July 2018, EUROfusion is taking over the EIROforum Presidency. EIROforum combines the resources, facilities and expertise of its eight members (CERN, EMBL, EUROfusion, ESA, ESO, ESRF, European XFEL and ILL) to exploit European science to its fullest potential.
FRESCA2: a record field for an extraordinary magnet
In its quest for knowledge, CERN pushes technologies to the limits. In the Laboratory’s workshops, scientists are inventing magnets that will equip the accelerators of the future.
