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Eleven successful years and counting for the Be a Scientist project
Eleven successful years and counting for the Be a Scientist project For 684 budding scientists from schools in the local area, the 11th edition of the Be a scientist project wrapped up on Thursday, 11 May 2023. For four months, 30 teachers and 684 schoolchildren aged from 7 to 12 from the Geneva, Ain and
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Microcosm closes its doors
Microcosm closes its doors Microcosm permanent exhibition has permanently closed on 18 September 2022 Microcosm permanent exhibition has permanently closed on 18 September 2022 due to construction works for the Science Gateway, CERN new visitors centre, to open in summer 2023. In the meantime, Universe of Particles permanent exhibition in the Globe of Science and
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A summer of scientific encounters with CERN
A summer of scientific encounters with CERN This summer, CERN has organised several events for the population of the Greater Geneva area July is not yet over, but summer 2022 has already seen a whole variety of local scientific events involving CERN – so it’s time for a round-up. The events began at the end
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CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge
CERN scientists Archana Sharma and Pieter Mattelaer round off the investigations in response to the primary schools’ challenge At a considerable advantage thanks to the previous teams’ findings, will Archana and Pieter finally work out what’s in the boxes?Archana and Pieter analyse X-rays of the boxes to try to work out what’s inside (credit: CERN)Following
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Two CERN physicists take up the mystery boxes challenge set by local primary schools
Two CERN physicists take up the mystery boxes challenge set by local primary schools Will CERN physicists Mar Capeans and Tapan Nayak use their knowledge of the fundamental properties of matter wisely to detect what’s inside the boxes? For the last 10 years, as part of the Be a Scientist project, local schools have been
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Another team of two CERN scientists try to unlock the secret of the boxes provided by the primary schools
Another team of two CERN scientists try to unlock the secret of the boxes provided by the primary schools Will Katy Foraz and Andre Henriques, engineers at CERN, be ingenious enough to study the boxes from all angles and figure out what’s inside? After reading the notes left by Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg, the
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CERN scientists Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg give the primary schools challenge a go
CERN scientists Pippa Wells and Sabrina Schadegg give the primary schools challenge a go Used to making precise measurements, will Pippa and Sabrina be able to figure out what’s inside the mysterious boxes? Since 2011, schools from Geneva, the Pays de Gex and Haute-Savoie have been receiving strange mystery boxes from CERN. The pupils, aged
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Primary schools challenge CERN
Primary schools challenge CERN CERN scientists have a few months to find out what’s inside two mysterious boxes without opening them! As the Be a Scientist project reaches its 10th anniversary, the tables are turned as primary school pupils set a challenge for CERN… and the clock is ticking! Pupils from Jean de la Fontaine
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Registration is open for the online programming workshop Django Girls
Registration is open for the online programming workshop Django Girls Django Girls, a programming workshop for women aged 15 and over, facilitated by CERN engineers, will take place on 22 and 24 April 2021 CERN is organising a 100% virtual edition of Django Girls, a programming workshop for women aged 15 and over. The workshop
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A peek into Science Gateway’s planned content
A peek into Science Gateway’s planned content Find out what is in store for Science Gateway’s exhibitions, laboratories and auditorium Whether it is the discovery of the Higgs boson or the invention of the World Wide Web, CERN has left no stone unturned in its attempt to push the boundaries of human knowledge. To foster
