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Time to register for ‘Expanding your horizons’
Time to register for ‘Expanding your horizons’ Lots of inspiring experiences, workshops and a career’s forum for girls aged 11-14 Saturday, November 18, 2017, "Expanding your Horizons – Geneva" (EYH) will hold its fifth biennial event for young girls, to encourage them to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The event will be held
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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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Geneva 2050 consultation: have your say
Geneva 2050 consultation: have your say Express your opinions, hopes and expectations about the future of Geneva! The Geneva State Council has launched an online consultation to gather the public’s opinions on the major issues of the future. This survey is being organised in the framework of the Geneva 2050 project, which is looking to
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CERN’s diversity on display at Ethnopoly in Meyrin
CERN’s diversity on display at Ethnopoly in Meyrin For the tenth year running, CERN took part in Ethnopoly, a life-size scavenger hunt that invites primary school pupils to discover Meyrin’s wealth of cultural diversity BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://voisins.cern/en/cerns-diversity-display-ethnopoly-meyrin) On Friday, 17 May 2019, ten and eleven-year-olds from every school in the
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CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science For three years now, CERN has been organising visits of women scientists and engineers to local schools on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrated annually on 11 February This year, new partnerships with the Science Outreach Department
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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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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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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
