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CERN70: Superconductors accelerate progress

Lucio Rossi led the group responsible for developing and launching the industrial production of the superconducting magnets for the LHC

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Engineering
20 September, 2024
Engineering
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20 September, 2024

CERN70: Into the antiworld

Walter Oelert led the team of researchers who produced the world’s first atoms of antihydrogen in 1995

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Physics
03 September, 2024
Physics
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03 September, 2024
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Learn how to recognise and appreciate your efforts

Part six of the Work Well Feel Well series looks at celebrating our achievements

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At CERN
30 August, 2024
Work Well Feel Well

CERN70: Where the Web was born…

Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal in 1989 for an information management system called the World Wide Web

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Computing
20 August, 2024
Computing
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20 August, 2024

CERN70: Green light for LEP

Herwig Schopper was Director-General of CERN from 1981 to 1988, during which time the Large Electron Positron collider was approved and constructed

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At CERN
31 July, 2024
At CERN
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31 July, 2024
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CERN70: The end of the alphabet

Carlo Rubbia’s name is closely related to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Simon van der Meer, for the work he had done as head of the UA1 collaboration

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At CERN
11 July, 2024
At CERN
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11 July, 2024

CERN70: A two-stage rocket

Ted Wilson was involved in the design of the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and played a leading role in its commissioning

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At CERN
27 June, 2024
At CERN
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27 June, 2024
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Every successful person has allies

Part five of the Work Well Feel Well series looks at the benefits of support networks

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At CERN
25 June, 2024
At CERN
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25 June, 2024
Work Well Feel Well

CERN70: A gargantuan discovery

Violette Brisson played an active part in the discovery of neutral currents; she was head of the Gargamelle group at the Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris

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At CERN
13 June, 2024
At CERN
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13 June, 2024

CERN70: The world’s first hadron collider

Kjell Johnsen was Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR) project leader when the accelerator was built

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At CERN
29 May, 2024