Tag: Anaïs Schaeffer
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7th Geneva Engage Awards honour Indico event platform
7th Geneva Engage Awards honour Indico event platform Launched at CERN in 2002 as a European project, Indico is an open-source tool for event organisation, archiving and collaboration. On 1 February, in recognition of the Indico tool, CERN was presented with the “special award for effective and innovative online meetings” at the 7th Geneva Engage
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Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020
Four CERN technical apprentices in the class of 2020 CERN’s final-year apprentices obtained their diplomas in spite of the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 crisis; two of them received prizes from the “Union industrielle genevoise” This year, due to COVID-19, CERN’s four final-year technical apprentices completed their training in a slightly unusual way. Like everyone
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LHC’s cooling system, an energy source for CERN’s neighbours
LHC’s cooling system, an energy source for CERN’s neighbours 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 Can fundamental physics keep you warm in winter? Using neurons, maybe? Think bigger! Like some industrial sites, scientific facilities can be used
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Counting sheep!
Counting sheep! After munching their way around the Globe, the CERN sheep are now dining out next to the ATLAS experiment A bucolic atmosphere reigns as 70 sheep and two rams hungrily graze on the land between CERN’s buildings. A few days ago, the flock, which belongs to CERN’s resident shepherd, Enrico D’Ippolito, could be
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Full speed ahead!
Full speed ahead! When he’s not working at CERN, Jean-Yves Le Meur is a top-level skier. Fresh from the Winter Paralympics in Sochi and the French disability snowsport championship, he has agreed to answer a few questions Few athletes can boast of having participated in the Olympic or Paralympic Games even once in their sporting
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Mind where you bore!
Mind where you bore! With renewable energies on the up and up, geothermal heating is becoming increasingly popular. An ardent supporter of sustainable development, CERN welcomes this trend, even though it has certain risks for the Laboratory More and more people in Switzerland and France are switching to geothermal heating, with the result that more
