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Centenary of the birth of Wim Klein, CERN's first computer

Before electronic computers were widely available at CERN, a Dutchman called Willem "Wim" Klein performed astonishing feats of mental arithmetic

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Computing
04 December, 2012

QuarkNet physics-education programme gains global reach

A professional-development programme created in the US to help teachers explain particle physics has caught on across the world

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At CERN
03 December, 2012

ENLIGHT: Ten years on

The European Network for Light Ion Therapy (ENLIGHT) was founded ten years ago to build a community of professionals in the field of hadrontherapy

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Knowledge sharing
29 November, 2012
Knowledge sharing
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29 November, 2012

Google Science Fair winner visits CERN

Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited key sites including the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre

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At CERN
27 November, 2012
At CERN
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27 November, 2012

Contributing to LHC science (transatlantic travel optional)

Physicists can participate in the CMS experiment round the clock from a remote operations centre at Fermilab, near Chicago in the US

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Experiments
27 November, 2012
Experiments
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27 November, 2012

Llewellyn Smith talks CERN, SESAME, and a Higgs-like boson

Last week, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, ex-Director-General Chris Llewellyn Smith talked to the CERN visual media service

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At CERN
26 November, 2012

ATLAS prepares for upgrades

The ATLAS collaboration is preparing a series of upgrades to their detector for the coming long shutdown of the LHC

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Experiments
22 November, 2012
Experiments
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22 November, 2012

A bouquet of options: Higgs factory ideas bloom

Proposals to build colliders that churn out the new Higgs-like particle are gathering momentum. But what would these colliders look like?

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Physics
21 November, 2012

Seminar in honour of Chris Llewellyn Smith

An all-day seminar at CERN today will celebrate the career of the ex-Director-General of CERN

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At CERN
20 November, 2012
At CERN
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20 November, 2012

Clinical trials using carbon ions begin at CNAO

This week, for the first time at the CNAO hadrontherapy centre in Italy, a beam of carbon ions was used to treat a cancer patient

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Knowledge sharing
16 November, 2012
Knowledge sharing
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16 November, 2012