Tag: General public
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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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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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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
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Public presentations of the HL-LHC project
Public presentations of the HL-LHC project CERN scientists will meet their neighbours to present the HL-LHC project and answer questions The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): the future of the LHC CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It has operated successfully since 2008 and at very high
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CERN is guest of honour at Swiss National Day in Geneva
CERN is guest of honour at Swiss National Day in Geneva On 1 August 2018, CERN was the City of Geneva’s guest of honour at the Swiss National Day celebrations at Parc La Grange The CERN tent, offering workshops, virtual reality tours, physics demonstrations, educational games and the new “Particle Identities” quiz, was never empty
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Summer science events
Summer science events Each summer, CERN goes out to meet the general public in the local area, offering visitors a refreshing science cocktail. This year, the summer events began at the end of June with the CineGlobe international film festival. On the theme of “Intelligent futures”, the festival explored the world of artificial intelligence. The
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CERN Solar Club at the Lemanic Electric Tour
CERN Solar Club at the Lemanic Electric Tour With the Photon, its solar electric car built in 1986, an electric Dyane and a Renault Twizy, the CERN Solar Club took part in the Lemanic Electric Tour, the first cross-border rallye for 100% electric cars around Lake Geneva on 2nd and 3rd June. Organized by the
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Swiss Premiere of “The Cleaners”
Swiss Premiere of “The Cleaners” On Tuesday 13 March, the International Film festival and forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) presented the film “The Cleaners” at the Globe of Science and Innovation in collaboration with CineGlobe and Le Temps. On Tuesday 13 March, the International Film festival and forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) presented the film
