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CERN hosts international conference on thorium technologies

CERN is currently hosting the Thorium Energy Conference ThEC13, running from 27 to 31 October, watch the webcast

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29 October, 2013
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29 October, 2013

New beam dump for a veteran accelerator

Watch CERN engineers install a new beam dump at the Proton Synchrotron Booster, one of CERN's older accelerators

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11 October, 2013
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11 October, 2013

ATLAS undergoes some delicate gymnastics

The LHC’s first long shutdown has provided the opportunity for a major programme of consolidation and improvements on the ATLAS detector

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02 October, 2013
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02 October, 2013

The challenge of keeping cool

The cryogenic system that cools the LHC's superconducting magnets is the largest and most advanced of its kind

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03 September, 2013
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03 September, 2013

Magnet movers: Replacing the last LHC dipoles

Watch engineers move the final replacement dipole magnets into position on the Large Hadron Collider

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16 August, 2013
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16 August, 2013

Future LHC super-magnets pass muster

Scientists in the US LHC Accelerator Research Program have successfully tested superconducting magnets needed to increase LHC collisions tenfold

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11 July, 2013
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11 July, 2013

Timelapse: Giant magnet flies through ALICE cavern

Watch a quadrupole magnet being lowered into the ALICE cavern for transportation to its required spot on the LHC

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07 June, 2013

EC and CERN support major research facility in Middle East

The European Commission and CERN have today agreed to support the construction of SESAME

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28 May, 2013

Keeping the LHC in power

This week, work began to upgrade and replace more than 100 Uninterruptible Power Supplies in the LHC

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21 May, 2013
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21 May, 2013

Orbital welding on the Large Hadron Collider

Watch Said Atieh of Engineering department explain some of the unique challenges of welding on the LHC

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15 May, 2013