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When maths become superstars at the Globe
When maths become superstars at the Globe On Thursday 24 January, 350 delighted spectators had the opportunity to find out that mathematics can be both funny and poetic thanks to the show “Mad Maths”, written by Olivier Faliez and Kevin Lapin On Thursday 24 January, 350 delighted spectators had the opportunity to find out that
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International collaboration publishes concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN
International collaboration publishes concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN Today, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/international-collaboration-publishes-concept-design-post-lhc-future-circular-collider-cern) Geneva. Today, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication, a four-volume document
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CERN Open Days – Explore the future with us!
CERN Open Days – Explore the future with us! On 14 and 15 September 2019, CERN will open its doors to the public for two special days at the heart of one of the world’s largest particle-physics laboratories The CERN Open Days have become a regular feature of the period that we call the “long
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When science goes beyond borders
When science goes beyond borders One of the three border posts on the CERN site is back in its usual place. These posts bear testimony to fragments of CERN’s history This is not a story of mere stones. You will probably have noticed some of the numbered posts along the 103 km border between France
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Let’s wander in the forest
Let’s wander in the forest A series of visits were organised in November to help discover horse-logging at CERN BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/lets-wander-forest) Some of the activities at CERN can be rustic. More than 65 CERN people discovered in November the horse-logging technique during a series of visits organised by the
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TEDxCERN: A remarkable elephant in the room
TEDxCERN: A remarkable elephant in the room As with each edition, this year’s TEDxCERN triggered a high dose of inspiration and raised a multitude of questions in terms of science, technology and the future of humankind BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/tedxcern-remarkable-elephant-room) The “Elephant in the room” theme was matched by a carefully
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Photo exhibition: “Breaking the mould”
Photo exhibition: “Breaking the mould” The VolMeur collection of decayed slides about the construction of the LEP will be exhibited in the old town of Geneva At CERN, alongside around 450 000 perfectly preserved photographic snapshots, a few hundred slides illustrating the remarkable construction of the electron positron collider (LEP) had been forgotten. Poorly preserved,
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CERN, guest of honour at Ferney-Voltaire Fête de la Science
CERN, guest of honour at Ferney-Voltaire Fête de la Science On 13 October 2018, CERN was guest of honour of the City of Ferney-Voltaire for the Fête de la Science, organised by the association Pangloss On Saturday, 13 October 2018, CERN was guest of honour of the City of Ferney-Voltaire for the Fête de la
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My project in 15 minutes: A successful cross-border colloquium
My project in 15 minutes: A successful cross-border colloquium CERN invited pupils from both sides of the border to the cross-border symposium “Mon TPE/TM en 15 minutes” (“My project in 15 minutes”), on Friday 12 October As part of a collaboration with Swiss and French schools, CERN invited pupils from both sides of the border
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Researchers’ Night at CERN attracted thousand of visitors
Researchers’ Night at CERN attracted thousand of visitors Thousands of visitors traversed the brand-new Esplanade des Particules on the occasion of Researchers’ Night The twenty-two flags of the CERN Member States are fluttering again in front of the Meyrin site. Last Friday, they were hoisted by scientists from each Member State during the inauguration ceremony
