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Sparks! | Magdalena Kowalska | Future of detection and imaging

CERN 2026-09-21 | Sparks! | Magdalena Kowalska | Future of detection and imaging

High-Luminosity LHC: a new Superconducting system is taking shape

CERN 2024-10-10 | This video highlights the major upgrade of the #LargeHadronCollider known as High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). #HiLumiLHC

The innovative cold powering system has been successfully installed in the HL-LHC Inner Triplet (IT) String test stand. This novel system comprises a long electrical transmission line, which has been specially developed to transport currents to the magnets across a wide range of temperatures.These upgrades will be tested in an above-ground facility at #CERN that has recently had its first superconducting system installed.

Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/engineering/test-stand-high-luminosity-lhc

Contributors
Director: Paola Catapano, Corinne Pralavorio
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Animation by: Maximilien Brice, Ivan Snozzi
Narration by: Sarah Charley

Happy 70th birthday CERN

CERN 2024-10-02 | Happy 70th anniversary CERN #CERN70

On 29 September, 70 years ago, twelve European countries came together to establish what has become the world’s largest #ParticlePhysics laboratory, home to the #LHC, and where the #HiggsBoson was discovered twelve years ago.

In this video, representing our 24 Member States, CERN people share their birthday wishes in their native language.

#Live CERN70 official ceremony: Inspiring the future

CERN 2024-10-01 | This year holds special significance for CERN, which celebrates its 70th anniversary on 29 September 2024. This landmark year honours CERN’s remarkable contributions to scientific knowledge, technological innovation, and international collaboration in the field of particle physics.

A variety of events and activities, culminating in an official high-level ceremony on 1 October, will showcase the Laboratory’s rich past and its forward-looking vision.

Join us online on 1 October to discover spectacular scientific adventures and celebrate with us 70 years of scientific discovery and innovation.

In this event:

00:00 Family Photo
01:23 Announcement Trailer Klapisch
02:19 Trailer Klapisch
07:53 Arrival of delegations
10:26 Video CERN's foundation
12:31 Introduction Master of Ceremony
13:39 Speech Fabiola Gianotti
22:23 Video Seventy Years of Scientific Achievements
28:49 Francois Englert introduction by Fabiola Gianotti and Video message
31:04 HRH Princess Astrid de Belgique
37:24 Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
46:55 Prime Minister Evika Silina, Republic of Latvia
52:26 Young researchers testimonials
56:53 La Pavane, Orchestra des Nations
01:05:37 Peter Pellegrini, President of the Slovak Republic
1:12:54 Viola Amherd, Présidente de la confédération Suisse
1:17:24 Video From subatomic physics to society
1:22:55 Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia
1:27:01 Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
1:34:09 Video Charting the future of particle physics
1:39:29 Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic
1:46:06 President of CERN Council: Elizier Rabinovici
1:52:06 Closing speech

Find out more: https://home.web.cern.ch/events/cern70-official-ceremony-inspiring-future

#CERN #CERN70 #anniversary

#CERN70 Wallpapers #shorts

CERN 2024-09-20 | Besties don’t copy, they match 📲

CERN’s #PhotoOfTheWeek features four phone wallpapers we’ve created to celebrate #CERN’s 70th anniversary.

If you want to match with us, find the #CERN70 phone wallpapers here: https://design-guidelines.web.cern.ch/guidelines/70yrs-wallpapers-mobile-phones

Why are we still measuring the mass of the W boson | Explainer

CERN 2024-09-17 | The W boson is a fundamental particle in physics in the Standard Model, which describes how particles and forces interact. The W boson is responsible for mediating the weak nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature alongside gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong nuclear force.

40 years since the discovery of the W boson, its measurement is still a hot topic. Small variations in its measured value could indicate the presence of new physics beyond the Standard Model.

In the video, we explain why this is the case.

Contributors:
Written, produced and narrated by Piotr Traczyk
Standard Model animation: Daniel Dominguez

#CERN #physics #mystery

Find out more: https://home.cern/news/press-release/physics/cms-experiment-cern-weighs-w-boson-mass

CERN70 celebrations in Deutschland #CERN #CERN70 #Germany

CERN 2024-09-10 | On 2nd and 3rd September, CERN’s 70th anniversary was celebrated in Germany with a series of events like CERN Stories and an official ceremony held at Futurium, Berlin. Guests and participants at the ceremony included representatives from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti, DESY Research Director Beate Heinemann, and many more.

Contributors:
Producer: Chetna Krishna

CERN and GTT enabling liquid hydrogen maritime transportation

CERN 2024-09-06 | Watch the video to learn about CERN's collaboration with Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) to develop liquid hydrogen carriers. The project aims to provide a scalable technological solution to store and carry liquid hydrogen and contribute to the emerging sustainable hydrogen supply chain.

Through this collaboration, CERN's competencies in materials, cryogenics and leak-tightness can support those working to bring innovative technical solutions with invaluable societal benefits and positive global environmental impact.

#innovation #environment #CERN

#CERN70 #Live 70 Jahre CERN – Deutschland ist dabei

CERN 2024-09-04 | Am 3. September feiern wir mit einem Festakt das siebzigjährige Bestehen der Europäischen Organisation für Teilchenphysik (CERN).

Der Festakt im Namen der deutschen CERN-Community bietet ein vielfältiges Programm rund um CERNs wissenschaftliche Durchbrüche, seine Bedeutung für technologische Innovationen und seinen Beitrag für das Miteinander der Nationen. Der große Anteil Deutschlands an der Erfolgsgeschichte dieses großartigen Gemeinschaftsprojekts ist dabei stets im Mittelpunkt und zugleich bietet der Festakt beste Gelegenheit zur Vernetzung.

Dazu laden die großen Komitees, die deutsche Forschende am CERN vertreten, das Komitee für Elementarteilchenphysik (KET), das Komitee für Beschleunigerphysik (KfB) und das Komitee für Hadronen- und Kernphysik (KHuK), zusammen mit der deutschen Delegation im CERN-Rat herzlich ein.

Hier mehr Informationen zum Festakt: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1394260/

#wissenschaft #Deutschland #CERN

NA62 announces its first search for long-lived particles

CERN 2024-08-09 | #CERN’s kaon factory pushes the energy frontier to probe uncharted territories of many beyond-the-#StandardModel theories.

The collaboration recently presented the results of its first search for long-lived new #physics particles at the 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics in Prague.

In memory of NA62 former technical coordinator, Ferdinand Hahn (1959–2018). Voiceover in this video was extracted from an old interview.

Find out more: https://www.home.cern/news/news/physics/na62-announces-its-first-search-long-lived-particles

Contributors
Director: Chetna Krishna
Editor: Thibaud Lawrence Morton
Drone videographer: Mike Struik

Taking cancer treatment to the next level

CERN 2024-08-06 | Watch the interview with Dr Christina Vallgren, CEO of TERAPET, a Swiss MedTech company, founded by two former #CERN physicists and a leading oncologist from Geneva University Hospitals developing next–generation imaging technology.

The purpose of TERAPET is to develop and commercialise innovative solutions for a safer, more precise and time-saving #protontherapy for cancer treatment.

Find out more: https://alumni.cern/news/1366820?lang=en-GB

Contributors
Director: Marzena Lapka
Editor: Piotr Traczyk

#innovation #CERNAlumni

A collaboration to revolutionise energy transmission with SuperNode

CERN 2024-07-23 | Future electric grids will have to be able to transfer high–electric power over hundreds of kilometres while integrating renewable energy sources, often off-shore. #Superconductivity emerges as a pivotal technology in realising this vision – offering the advantages of zero electrical resistance, no electric losses and high-power density.

SuperNode and CERN have initiated a collaboration to pioneer a novel type of insulation for superconducting cables. The primary goal is to enhance #energy transmission capabilities, thus accelerating the transition to #renewable energy.

Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/supernode-and-cern-collaborate-new-solutions-renewable-energy

Contributors
Director: Antoine Le Gall
Producer: Feza Tankut

10 years of bridging science and society

CERN 2024-07-17 | Watch the video celebrating the 10th anniversary of #CERN and #Society Foundation.

The purpose of the Foundation is to support and promote the mission of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and disseminate its benefits to the wider public.

The Foundation operates nationally and internationally to pursue its mission, across three main areas: Education & Outreach, Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, and Culture & Creativity.

Find out more: https://cernandsocietyfoundation.cern/csf-10th-anniversary

Contributors
Producer: James Michael Pym

Exploring farther: machines for new knowledge

CERN 2024-07-15 | The opening video for the CERN70 public event, Exploring farther: #machines for new knowledge, exploring the future of particle #physics and the cutting-edge instruments set to revolutionise our understanding of the Universe’s most profound #mysteries.

Contributors
Director: Gabrielle Pepin Fontaine De Bonnerive
Screenwriter: Paola Catapano

#CERN70 #Live Exploring farther: machines for new knowledge

CERN 2024-07-05 | Over the past century, physics has unveiled the fundamental laws of nature and traced the #Universe’s evolution back to the Big Bang. Yet, many mysteries remain, and numerous secrets are still hidden within the cosmos.

At this sixth and final public event in the series celebrating #CERN's 70th anniversary, we will explore the future of particle physics and the cutting-edge instruments set to revolutionise our understanding of the Universe’s most profound mysteries.

Renowned specialists will guide you through the current limitations and breakthroughs in technology in three insightful parts:

Event highlights:

Panel discussions moderated by Paola Catapano, in English with French simultaneous interpretation.

Panellists:

Advanced particle beam accelerators

Edda Gschwendtner – Senior Physicist and Project Leader of AWAKE, Beams Department, CERN
Mike Seidel – Accelerator Physicist, Center for Accelerator Science and Engineering, Paul Scherrer Institute
Enhanced detectors

Roxanne Guenette – Professor of Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Petra Merkel – Senior Scientist and Detector R&D Coordinator, Fermilab
Werner Riegler – Technical Coordinator of ALICE and leader of the experiment studies for the Future Circular Hadron Collider, Experimental Physics department, CERN
Intelligent computing systems

Cristina Botta – Physicist, Experimental Physics department, CERN
Maria Girone – Head of CERN openlab, IT department, CERN
Andreas Lintermann – Coordinator of the European Center of Excellence in Exascale Computing RAISE and leader of the Simulation and Data Laboratory "Highly Scalable Fluids & Solids Engineering" at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich

Public event | Free entrance | In English with simultaneous interpreting into French | Recorded and webcasted

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Chapters

00:00 – 00:41 Higgs anniversary
00:41 – 01:59 Introduction
02:00 – 08:39 Exploring farther: Machines for new knowledge
08:39 – 49:42 Session 1: Advanced particle beam accelerators
49:42 – 59:08 Session 1 Q/A
59:08 – 1:41:16 Session 2: Enhanced detectors
1:41:16 – 1:50:20 Session 2: Q/A
1:50:20 – 02:22:20 Session 3: Intelligent computing systems
02:22:20 – 02:24:09 Digital Twin Demonstration
02:24:9 – 02:29:38 Session 3: Q/A
02:29:38 – 02:32:41: Final remarks
02:32:41 – end: Podcast special announcement

Pilot: The Higgs Boson Special

CERN 2024-07-04 | Take a deep dive into the past, present and future of Higgs-boson research at #CERN. Tune in to a special #Emc2 podcast on #4July on the occasion of the enigmatic boson’s 12th anniversary. Discover us on your favourite #podcast platform! 🎙️

In this episode,
00:00 Teaser
00:13 Intro
03:29 4 July 2012
07:38 Why was this important?
14:29 Behind the discovery
28:19 Bosons and fermions
30:23 Books and metaphors
33:02 Since the discovery
37:47 High-Luminosity LHC
40:31 Physics at the HL-LHC
41:58 Detectors
42:30 The next era
42:52 Dark matter
44:28 Future machines
49:51 Question for you

Contributors:
Executive Producer: Jacques Fichet
Director and Producer: Chetna Krishna
Host: Steven Goldfarb
Social Correspondent: Joni Pham
Technical Lead: Ron Suykerbuyk
Studio Manager: Max Brice
Sound: Piotr Traczyk
Original Theme: Canettes Blues Band
Guests: Andre David and Heather Gray

A special podcast for the Higgs anniversary ☕️🎙️

CERN 2024-07-04 | The Large Hadron Collider is best known to collide protons. At CERN, every morning, scientists are known to collide something else as well – coffee and conversations. The Emc2 video podcast brings you the hottest science topics straight from the scientists of CERN.

Stay tuned!

#4July #Higgsboson #Emc2 #podcast

Contributors
Executive Producer: Jacques Fichet
Director and Producer: Chetna Krishna
Host: Steven Goldfarb
Social Correspondent: Joni Pham
Technical Lead: Ron Suykerbuyk
Studio Manager: Max Brice
Sound: Piotr Traczyk
Original Theme: Canettes Blues Band

2: The Higgs Boson Special

CERN 2024-07-02 | Take a deep dive into the past, present and future of Higgs-boson research at CERN. Tune in to a special podcast on the occasion of the enigmatic boson’s 12th anniversary.

In this episode,

00:00 Teaser

00:13 Intro

03:29 4 July 2012

07:38 Why was this important?

14:29 Behind the discovery

28:19 Bosons and fermions

30:23 Books and metaphors

33:02 Since the discovery

37:47 High-Luminosity LHC

40:31 Physics at the HL-LHC

41:58 Detectors

42:30 The next era

42:52 Dark matter

44:28 Future machines

49:51 Question for you

Discover us on your favourite podcast listening platform and CERN YouTube.

We value our listeners' opinions and encourage you to share your thoughts on the pilot episode via this feedback form surveyhero.com/c/podcast-pilot. The survey will only take a minute of your time and it will be highly valuable for us to hear from you!

The case of the (still) mysterious Universe

CERN 2024-06-11 | The opening video for the CERN70 public event, The case of the (still) #mysterious #Universe, presenting the biggest open questions in fundamental #research today.

Contributors
Director: Gabrielle Pepin Fontaine De Bonnerive
Screenwriter: Piotr Traczyk

CERN70 Live: The case of the (still) mysterious Universe

CERN 2024-06-07 | Over the past 100 years, physics has advanced our understanding of nature to an unimaginable degree. The fundamental laws governing many of the building blocks of the Universe have been discovered, and the evolution of the Universe can be traced back 13.8 billion years to almost the beginning: the Big Bang.

Physicists have built laboratories spanning tens of kilometres to study nature at the smallest scales and sent telescopes into space to gather information about different forms of matter and energy. How much do we still not know about the Universe? What mysteries remain to be solved?

During the event, you will be taken on a journey through space, time, and the history of ideas in modern physics: what we know and what we do not know. Through the eyes of renowned physicists, you will be exposed to some of the greatest mysteries of the Universe. Why is there more matter than antimatter? What are dark energy and dark matter? How can we unify all the forces? What future experiments will reveal nature’s deepest secrets? Is the Universe made of vibrating strings? Is the Universe holographic? What are black holes made of? Could there be more than one Universe?

Prepare to be accelerated into a mind-boggling physics experience at CERN. Join us for this fifth public event, held in collaboration with the Strings 2024 conference, celebrating the Laboratory’s 70th anniversary.

Live performance by the Orchestre des Nations of "Open Questions", an original music piece for string orchestra by Domenico Vicinanza based on the sonification of scientific data, under the direction of Antoine Marguier.

Event highlights
Panel discussions in English with French simultaneous interpretation.

Moderator:

Jay Armas - Assistant professor at the UvA-Institute of Physics and coordinator of the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena

Part I - Panelists:

Valerie Domcke – Theoretical physicist, Theory Department, CERN.
Christophe Grojean – Member of the DESY theory group in Hamburg and professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
David Gross – Chancellor’s Chair professor of theoretical physics and former director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Andrew Strominger – Gwill E. York Professor of Physics at Harvard University.
Live performance by the Orchestre des Nations.

Part II - Panelists:

Juan Maldacena – Carl Feinberg Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Shiraz Minwalla – Distinguished Professor of Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Cumrun Vafa – Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy and Chair of the Physics Department, Harvard University
Irene Valenzuela – Theoretical physicist, Theory Department, CERN
Closing performance by the Orchestre des Nations

Public event | Free entrance | In English with simultaneous interpreting into French | Recorded and webcasted

#CERN70 #Universe #mysteries

Chapters:
0:00 - Opening video
06:23 - Introduction Panel 1
11:27 - Panel 1
01:06:51 - Orchestre des Nations: Open Questions
01:23:52 - Introduction Panel 2
01:28:39 - Panel 2
02:22:31 - Final remarks
02:25:09 - Orchestre des Nations: Symphony Nr. 5, Adagietto, Mahler
02:40:36 - Orchestre des Nations: Divertimento in F, 1st movement, Mozart

If you could dream a bit, which one would be the next #accelerator? #CERN70

CERN 2024-06-05 | ...

Jay Armas #CERN70 public event: The case of the (still) mysterious #Universe @ScienceCocktails

CERN 2024-06-05 | Jay Armas is the Assistant professor at the UvA-Institute of Physics and coordinator of the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena. He is also the face behind Science and Cocktails initiative who will be moderating tomorrow's CERN70th public event.

Accelerating Innovation Through Partnerships

CERN 2024-06-03 | Watch the highlights of CERN’s knowledge-transfer activities in 2023.

Discover CERN technologies and know-how to see their positive societal impact in fields like healthcare, environment, aerospace, digital and quantum. Through partnerships with industry and academia, as well as research institutions and hospitals and the support we offer to entrepreneurs, we promote innovation and the growth of industry in CERN's Member and Associate Member States.

Find out more: https://report2023-kt.web.cern.ch/

To learn more about the CERN Knowledge Transfer Group's activities, visit https://knowledgetransfer.web.cern.ch/

Contributors
Produced by: CERN Knowledge Transfer group & Eversis

#innovation #partnerships #technologies

CERN Alumni Third Collisions

CERN 2024-05-29 | #CERNalumni came together on the weekend of 9–11 February for a major reunion event at CERN’s new Science Gateway. Held at the start of CERN’s 70th-anniversary year, the event provided a fantastic opportunity to celebrate what makes #CERN such a special place: you and all the others who have contributed in many #diverse ways! #CERN70

Contributors
Director: Rachel Bray, Simona Kriva
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Videographer: Noemi Caraban, C.Krishna
Photography: Christopher Smith

CERN: An extraordinary human endeavour

CERN 2024-05-23 | A short film produced for the CERN70 event, CERN: An extraordinary human endeavour on Sunday, 19. May 2024.

Contributors
Editor: Gabrielle Pepin Fontaine De Bonnerive
Screenwriter: Paola Catapano

CERN: An extraordinary human endeavour

CERN 2024-05-21 | Watch the full recording of the fourth CERN70 event held in collaboration with the CineGlobe festival, celebrating the Laboratory’s 70th anniversary and the #CERN & Society Foundation’s 10th anniversary.

Event highlights:

#ScienceforAll – Panel discussion : join leading scientists and experts to explore the significance of international collaboration and open and inclusive science in advancing scientific knowledge.

Chair: Frédéric Donck

Panelists:
Ana Godinho – Head of CERN’s Education, Communications and Outreach group
Peter Jenni – A founding father and the first Spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at CERN
Ana Persic – Programme Specialist for Science Technology and Innovation Policies and Open Science, UNESCO
Javier Serrano – Leader of CERN’s Open Hardware Initiative and Board Chair of the White Rabbit collaboration
Michel Spiro – Emeritus Research Director at CEA, President of IUPAP and Chair of the Board of the CERN & Society Foundation

For Everyone – The documentary screening (in English with French subtitles): in 1989, the world’s largest physics laboratory, CERN, was a hive of ideas and information stored on incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee conceived a unifying structure to link information across different computers, leading to the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991. This documentary traces the origins of the Web and its future implications, setting the stage for our second panel discussion.

Towards the Future: the Web and Beyond – Panel discussion (in English with French simultaneous interpretation): join Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and CTO and co-founder of Inrupt, and other leading experts as we discuss the evolution of the Web, the democratisation of technology and the emerging frontiers in digital technologies and AI.

Chair: Frédéric Donck

Panelists:
Sir Tim Berners-Lee – Inventor of the Web and CTO and Co-founder of Inrupt
Raf Buyle – Innovation Lead, Athumi
Nadia Carlsten – Vice-President of Product, SandboxAQ
Andy Yen – Founder and CEO, Proton
With the participation of Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General.

Advanced Particle Accelerators – Powering Progress

CERN 2024-05-10 | This video produced for the third #CERN70 public event, the Virtuous Circle of Knowledge and #Innovation, focuses on advanced particle #accelerators, powering progress on society.

Particle detectors: seeing the invisible

CERN 2024-05-07 | This video produced for the third #CERN70 public event, the Virtuous Circle of #Knowledge and #Innovation, takes us into the world of particle detectors.

The quantum revolution

CERN 2024-05-04 | This video produced for the third #CERN70 public event, the Virtuous Circle of Knowledge and #Innovation, introduces computing and how particle physics developed and pushed the boundaries of IT, leading to the #quantum revolution.

From subatomic physics to society

CERN 2024-04-30 | This video produced for the third #CERN70 public event, the Virtuous Circle of Knowledge and Innovation, focuses on curiosity-driven research, the fundamental link between #knowledge and #innovation and the breakthrough technologies spurred by physics.

CERN70 Live: The Virtuous Circle of Knowledge and Innovation

CERN 2024-04-19 | Join us for a captivating evening at #CERN’s third public event celebrating our 70th anniversary. Discover the dynamic relationship between particle physics #research and technological #innovation.

Moderator:
Paola Catapano, CERN Education, Communications and Outreach Group

Speakers:
Tabea Arndt, professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), member of the board of directors at the Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP), Germany

Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, director of research emeritus at the CNRS, professor at the Institut d’Optique and the École Polytechnique, member of the Académie des Sciences, France

Amalia Ballarino, Deputy Head of Magnets, Superconductors, and Cryostats group, CERN

Reinhold Bertlmann, professor of physics at the University of Vienna, Austria

Daniela Bortoletto, head of particle physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicolas Gisin, professor emeritus at the University of Geneva and professor at the Constructor University, Switzerland

Jan Jakubek, cofounder and scientific director at ADVACAM

Steffen Kappler, senior principal scientist, head of the global technology & innovation department for medical X-ray imaging products, SIEMENS Healthineers

Alessandra Lombardi, senior accelerator physicist, CERN

Michele Grossi, Quantum algorithm coordinator, CERN Quantum Technology Initiative

The event can also be followed with FRENCH interpretation here: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i1399202

Meet CERN70 Speaker: Alessandra Lombardi

CERN 2024-04-18 | ...

CERN70 third public event: teaser

CERN 2024-04-17 | Join us for a captivating evening at CERN’s third public event celebrating our 70th anniversary. Discover the dynamic relationship between particle physics research and technological innovation.

Meet one of the speakers of tomorrow's event, Michele Grossi, a physicist and Quantum algorithm coordinator at CERN Quantum Technology Initiative.

#CERN #quantum #technology

Contributors
Director: Chetna Krishna

ProtoDUNE begins liquid argon filling | Time-lapse video

CERN 2024-04-12 | CERN’s Neutrino Platform houses the prototype of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment #DUNE, known as ProtoDUNE.

ProtoDUNE has entered a pivotal stage: the filling of one of its two particle detectors with liquid argon. This argon-filled detector will be crucial to test the detector response for the next era of #neutrino research.

Watch a short time-lapse video of protoDUNE being filled with liquid argon.

Does this remind you of the #3bodyproblem series? 😉

Contributors
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Producer: Emanuele Villa

CERN pays tribute to Peter Higgs

CERN 2024-04-10 | Peter Higgs has passed away at the age of 94. An iconic figure in modern science, Higgs in 1964 postulated the existence of the eponymous #Higgsboson. Its discovery at CERN in 2012 was the crowning achievement of the Standard Model (SM) of particle #physics – a remarkable theory which explains the visible universe at the most fundamental level.

Find out more: https://home.cern/news/obituary/physics/cern-pays-tribute-peter-higgs

Contributors
Director: Jacques Herve Fichet

Upgrading the AMS detector at CERN: part 2

CERN 2024-04-02 | In 2011, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer #AMS @ams02tv was installed on the International Space Station (ISS). Since then, it has recorded more than 200 billion cosmic ray events and, while most of their sources are known, a few signatures in the data could point to dark matter.

Watch this video to find out about the main upgrade works for the AMS detector ongoing at CERN.

Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/amss-second-new-life

#CERN #darkmatter #SpaceXDragon

Upgrading the AMS detector at CERN: part 1

CERN 2024-04-02 | After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the International Space Station is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays.

#space #CERN #ISS

Sparks! Su Wenchi dancer, new media artisit and I-Fang Lin

CERN 2024-03-25 | Su Wenchi is a choreographer, new media artist and the founder of YILAB.

Combining the concepts and forms of new media and performing arts, she attempts to rethink the possibilities of dance from the perspective of new media, extending the controversy and reflection of contemporary art in the face of the impact of digital technology. She has actively interacted and cooperated with local and international art communities through workshops, seminars, talks and performances. She is the artist-in-residence in the National Theater & Concert Hall in Taiwan 2017, Arts@CERN / European Organization for Nuclear Research, and EMPAC / Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. As one of Taiwan’s iconic figures in this field, SU received the Jury’s Special Award in the 9th Taishin Arts Award and Alternative Design Gold Award in the 2017 World Stage Design Award. In 2021, SU WENCHI’s collaboration with Swiss skincare house LA PRAIRIE was exclusively presented during Art Basel Miami Beach.

In collaboration with Arts at CERN. WenChi Su was artist in residence in 2016.
In search of what produces movement, I-Fang Lin transforms each gesture into revealing the solitudes and bonds we share. Originally from Taiwan, she refines her choreographic writing through collaboration with numerous artists; Mathilde Monnier, Christian Rizzo, François Verret, Emmanuelle Huynh, Pierre Droulers, Philippe Katerine, Jocelyn Cottencin, Louis Sclavis, Wen-Chi Su, Kosei Yamamoto, Xavier Le Roy, Boris Charmatz ... Practitioner of the Feldenkrais method, she teaches and incorporates on her work a physicality that unfolds in complete awareness. The precision, acuity and organicity of its performances elevate the body to its true value.

She founded Studio MAIASTRA, created “En Chinoiseries” (2016) and “Skein Relations” (2019) as a resident artist at NTCH in Taiwan, Au large (2021) as an accomplice artist of the Scènes Croisés de Lozère. “Ebloui “(2021-2022) co-written with visual artist Jocelyn Cottencin, “CO.M.BAT” 2023, “Ban-Ping Shan” 2023 and “Party”.

70 years of unveilling the Universe

CERN 2024-03-22 | In 2024, CERN is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Throughout the year, events and activities will showcase the Laboratory’s rich past, as well as its bright future with a unique accelerator complex set to drive 70 more years of research into what the Universe is made of and how it works.

Watch this video to discover 70 years of scientific achievements at CERN.

Contributors
Director:
Gabrielle Pepin Fontaine De Bonnerive

#cern #science #discoveries

From particle physics to medicine

CERN 2024-03-21 | Did you know that particle accelerators are also used to treat cancer?

That medical imaging has taken great leaps forwards thanks to the crystals and chips developed for particle physics And that CERN is home to a facility that develops isotopes for #medical research? Ever since X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, physics and medicine have been closely intertwined. Medical imaging and cancer treatments have benefited from developments in particle #physics over the years, and the innovations continue today, including in collaboration with CERN. As part of CERN’s 70th anniversary celebrations, doctors, biologists and physicists will walk you through how the collaboration between fundamental physics and medicine is leading to innovative #treatment methods and diagnostic techniques. One special patient – a researcher, writer and populariser of science – will share with us his experience of being treated for cancer in one of the four European centres for hadron therapy.

Contributors
Director:
Gabrielle Pepin Fontaine De Bonnerive

Sparks! Rachel Maze

CERN 2024-03-11 | Rachel has spent over 15 years within UK Government and Parliament developing and evaluating science and technology policy within the House of Lords, Defra’s Chief Scientist’s office, the Government Office for Science, and within the Technology Strategy and Security Team in DSIT. Most recently she led the development of the UK Government’s National Quantum Strategy.

Live: From particle physics to medicine

CERN 2024-03-07 | Did you know that particle accelerators are also used to treat cancer? That medical imaging has taken great leaps forwards thanks to the crystals and chips developed for #particle physics And that CERN is home to a facility that develops isotopes for #medical #research?

Ever since X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, physics and medicine have been closely intertwined. Medical imaging and cancer treatments have benefited from developments in particle physics over the years, and the innovations continue today, including in collaboration with CERN.

As part of CERN’s 70th anniversary celebrations, doctors, biologists and physicists will walk you through how the collaboration between fundamental physics and medicine is leading to innovative treatment methods and diagnostic techniques. One special patient – a researcher, writer and populariser of science – will share with us his experience of being treated for cancer in one of the four European centres for hadron therapy.

Moderator:
Antoine Geissbühler, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva

Speakers:

Accelerators to treat cancer
Esther Troost, Chair of the Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology of the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Manjit Dosanjh, Visiting Professor at University of Oxford, former senior advisor for medical applications at CERN
Ugo Amaldi, President of the TERA Foundation

Looking inside the human body

John Prior, Head of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lausanne University Hospital
Magdalena Rafecas, Professor of Instrumentation in Medical Imaging, Head of the Nuclear Imaging research group, University of Lübeck
Michael Campbell, Senior scientist at CERN, Spokesperson of the Medipix Collaborations

The digital health revolution

John Prior, Head of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lausanne University Hospital
Steve MacFeely, Director of Data and Analytics, WHO
Esther Troost, Chair of the Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology of the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine
Carl Gustav Carus of TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany

The event can also be followed with FRENCH interpretation here: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i1382946

Positronium laser cooling in 3 minutes

CERN 2024-03-06 | AEgIS experiment spokesperson Ruggero Caravita explaining the principles behind positronium #laser cooling that was recently performed by #AEgIS for the first time.

More about the AEgIS result:
youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ-AGGI-ro
https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/physics/aegis-experiment-paves-way-new-set-antimatter-studies-laser-cooling-positronium

Narrated by Ruggero Caravita
Animations and music by Piotr Traczyk

Happy hundredth, Herwig Schopper!

CERN 2024-02-28 | CERN celebrates the #100thbirthday of Herwig Schopper, CERN Director-General from 1981 to 1988.

Herwig has made landmark contributions to nuclear and particle physics and to related technologies. In his early career, he played a key role in shaping today’s physics research landscape in Germany, establishing laboratories and institutions before going on to leadership roles at #DESY and #CERN. Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/happy-hundredth-herwig

Contributors
Director: Paola Catapano
Producer: Jacques Herve Fichet
Text and Photographs: Kate Kahle, Corinne Pralavorio
Editor: Chetna Krishna

Sparks! Mira L.Wolf-Bauwens

CERN 2024-02-26 | Dr. Mira L. Wolf-Bauwens leads the Responsible Quantum Computing effort in the Responsible & Inclusive Technologies Team at IBM Research. Mira also is a IBM Quantum Technical Ambassador. She brings with her experience in normative analysis, strategy and business consulting, development corporation, start-up leadership and digitalisation. Mira holds a PhD in Political Philosophy on institutional recognition and normative evaluation of emerging technologies from University of Zurich with Visiting Research Fellowships at Columbia University and University of Oxford.

Mira is passionate about innovating responses to business and socio-economic challenges through technological innovation and digital transformation. In exploring what Responsible Quantum Computing entails, she is addressing the societal questions that arise with the development of useful Quantum Computing and Quantum-safe technologies.

AEgIS experiment at CERN cools positronium with laser light for the first time

CERN 2024-02-22 | The #AEgIS experiment at CERN cools positronium with #laser light for the first time. At the AEgIS experiment, the feat paves the way for a whole new set of antimatter studies, including the production of a matter–antimatter system that emits laser-like gamma-ray light.

HEARTS: High-Energy Accelerators for Radiation Testing and Shielding

CERN 2024-02-14 | The #HEARTS ❤️ project provides two new radiation-testing facilities for space applications, one at #CERN and one at #GSI in Germany.

Funded by the European Commission, HEARTS provides accelerated heavy ion beams in a laboratory setting, such that radiation effects in electronics, biological samples and shielding materials can be studied on Earth before embarking on a #space mission.

Recently, HEARTS welcomed the installation of a new LET booster in the CHARM facility at CERN that can modify the energy of the beam impacting a test sample by placing one or more plastic plates in the beam.

Find out more here: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/hearts-innovates-foster-european-access-space

Contributors
Director: Antoine Le Gall
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Music by Yinrui Yan
Robotic arm animation by GSI,
Space footage by ESA
Interviews by CERN

#CERNImpact #ValentinesDay #HorizonEurope #EUfunded

Sparks! Questions and Answer with Sofia Vallecorsa and Nicole Halpern

CERN 2024-02-12 | Sparks! Questions and Answer with Sofia Vallecorsa and Nicole Halpern

Unveiling the Universe: Art and Science Summit

CERN 2024-01-31 | As part of the celebrations for CERN’s 70th anniversary, the Unveiling the Universe event will be a unique meeting of #art and #science. Artists and physicists will delve into the challenges and opportunities of engagement across disciplines in three moderated conversations.

The event can also be followed with FRENCH interpretation here: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i1372068

Find out more: https://www.home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-celebrates-70-years-scientific-discovery-and-innovation

#CERN70

Unveiling the Universe: 70 years of discoveries at CERN

CERN 2024-01-30 | As part of the celebrations for CERN’s 70th anniversary, the Unveiling the Universe event will be looking back at CERN’s 70 years of scientific discoveries and looking ahead to the mysteries of the #Universe still to be understood.

Moderated by Clara Nellist
University of Amsterdam, Physicist ATLAS-LHC

Speakers:
Gian Francesco Giudice, CERN, Head of Theory Department
“Quantum Fields and Particles in the Universe”

David Gross, University of Santa Barbara California
2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics
“50 Years of Quantum Chromo Dynamics

Tara Shears, University of Liverpool, Physicist LHCb
“Antimatter”

Djuna Croon, Durham University, Theoretical Physicist
“Dark Matter”

Find out more: https://www.home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-celebrates-70-years-scientific-discovery-and-innovation

History of CERN: Celebrating 70 years

CERN 2024-01-28 | This year holds special significance for CERN as the Organization celebrates its 70th anniversary on 29 September 2024.

CERN was established after the Second World War by a handful of Europe’s leading scientists and diplomats with a mission to bring excellence in scientific research back to Europe and foster peaceful collaboration among nations. Today, CERN has 23 Member States, ten Associate Member States, and a vibrant community of 17 thousand people, representing more than 110 nationalities. With many mysteries of the fundamental nature of the Universe still to be unravelled, CERN is preparing to continue this inspiring journey of exploration.

We have put together a rich and beautiful programme to honour CERN’s contributions to scientific knowledge, technological innovation, and international collaboration over the past 70 years, culminating with an official ceremony on 1 October. From conversations with distinguished scientists to exhibitions showcasing CERN science and its people, to many public engagement initiatives at CERN, in Member States and Associate Member States, and beyond, there is something for everyone in this exciting programme.

Join us this year as we celebrate our glorious past and shape a bright future for CERN.

Correction: in minute 00:04, the person in the video is Swiss physicist Professor Paul Scherrer.

#CERN #CERN70

Contributors
Director: Jacques-Hervé Fichet