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Testing begins on Linear accelerator 4

Linac 4 has begun testing its RFQ module. This is the first stage of testing for the Linac 2 successor

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Engineering
29 August, 2012
Engineering
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29 August, 2012

Warmer amps for the LHC

CERN is working together with an Italian company to develop superconducting cables that can function at temperatures of up to 25 K (-248°C)

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Engineering
27 August, 2012
Engineering
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27 August, 2012

Magnets for the High Luminosity LHC: Small but powerful

A CERN-Fermilab team has developed a new magnet that will be a valuable asset to the HL-LHC, the next step of for LHC machine

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Engineering
27 August, 2012

Strength in diversity

The laboratory is launching a new diversity programme aimed at strengthening our tradition of inclusiveness. I encourage all at CERN to take part

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At CERN
24 August, 2012
At CERN
Opinion
24 August, 2012

Bringing physics training to Africa

The African School of Physics was held in Ghana this summer, where lecturers from CERN shared their expertise with 50 motivated students

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At CERN
21 August, 2012
At CERN
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21 August, 2012

CERN experiments to present latest on quark-gluon plasma

Heavy-ion experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will present their latest results at the Quark Matter 2012 conference

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Physics
13 August, 2012

Cosmic rays discovered 100 years ago

Today marks 100 years since Victor Hess made last of series of balloon flights leading to the discovery of cosmic rays

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Physics
07 August, 2012
Physics
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07 August, 2012

Celebrating a very scientific Endeavour

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour, who delivered the AMS detector to the ISS in 2011

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At CERN
06 August, 2012
At CERN
Opinion
06 August, 2012

Over one million followers reached in CERN TweetUp

Five tweeps visited CERN to take part in events held with STS-134 astronauts to commemorate the AMS detector's first year in space

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At CERN
03 August, 2012

LHC update: 3 August 2012

Good performance followed recovery from extended luminosity calibration runs

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Accelerators
03 August, 2012
Accelerators
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03 August, 2012