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New radio system for CERN emergency communications
Starting in January, the CERN Fire Brigade will use TETRA - a new digital radio communication system designed to meet emergency communication needs
Fundamental Physics Prize honours ATLAS, CMS and LHC
Seven leaders of the LHC, CMS and ATLAS projects will share a $3,000,000 prize, for advancing knowledge of the universe
Steve Myers elected fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
This year’s new fellows, announced in July, met at a dinner for newcomers on 5 November
Remembering Wim Klein
Wim Klein, CERN's first computer, was born 100 years ago this week. A former colleague remembers him
Particle physics: a valuable driver of innovation in medicine
The 10th anniversary of ENLIGHT marks a good occasion a look back at the important contributions particle physics has made to medicine
Google Science Fair winner visits CERN
Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre among other areas
Setting up ALPHA-2 to measure the properties of antimatter
The ALPHA-2 team is installing the final components for their new antimatter experiment, which will replace the current ALPHA set-up
Vidyo - a collaborative tool for planet CERN
CERN is moving to a new videoconferencing system called Vidyo
Our top priority
It is important to plan ahead, particularly since the lead times for new projects in particle physics are long, and our field is increasingly global
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