Cian O'Luanaigh

Cian O'Luanaigh was the web editor in the CERN communications group from 2011-2015.

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LHC: A proton 'reference' run to prepare for lead

The Large Hadron Collider today collided protons at lower energies than usual to pave the way for studying lead-ion collisions

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Accelerators
19 November, 2015
Accelerators
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19 November, 2015

LHC completes proton run for 2015, preps for lead

After some 400 trillion proton-proton collisions delivered to both ATLAS and CMS, the accelerator will now switch to its heavy-ion programme

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Accelerators
04 November, 2015
Accelerators
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04 November, 2015

CERN speaks at UN about the laboratory’s cooperation model

At the United Nations in Geneva yesterday, CERN representatives discussed their laboratory’s model for international cooperation and science for peace

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At CERN
03 November, 2015

The birds and the beams: Biodiversity at CERN

Dedicated teams of professionals and nature enthusiasts alike are working to preserve the flora and fauna on CERN's diverse sites

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At CERN
21 September, 2015

Engineers refine protection system for LHC magnets

During this week's planned technical stop, engineers modify the electrical system that protects magnet components from high current

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Engineering
03 September, 2015
Engineering
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03 September, 2015

LHC progresses towards higher intensities

The LHC Operations team is tackling the challenges of a demanding beam regime with a series of rigorous tests

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Accelerators
24 August, 2015
Accelerators
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24 August, 2015

Flavours of Physics: Join the LHCb machine-learning contest

Untangle a rare particle decay from the background in LHCb data and you could win up to $7000

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Computing
21 July, 2015

In particular: A new podcast from ATLAS

Check out a new podcast from particle physicists Tova Holmes and Laura Jeanty that brings you right to the heart of the ATLAS collaboration

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Experiments
03 July, 2015
Experiments
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03 July, 2015

Seeing the invisible: Event displays in particle physics

From cloud chambers to 3D animations, physicists use a host of ingenious techniques to reveal subatomic particles too tiny to see

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Experiments
04 June, 2015

Smaller LHC collaborations to analyse collisions at 13 TeV

The MOEDAL, TOTEM and LHCf experiments are preparing to collect data from collisions in the LHC at 13 teraelectronvolts

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Accelerators
01 June, 2015

First images of collisions at 13 TeV

Last night, for the first time, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 TeV. See the first images

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Accelerators
21 May, 2015
Accelerators
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21 May, 2015

Protons set to collide at 13 TeV to prepare for physics

These first collisions at 13 TeV in the LHC are to set up systems that protect detectors from stray particles before they are fully switched on

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Accelerators
20 May, 2015