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Building CERN’s AI Strategy
Artificial intelligence has been used at CERN since the 1980s; now a new Steering Committee is helping the Organization adopt it more widely
CERN donates computing equipment to Egypt
The donation was celebrated during a visit to CERN by the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research on 30 July
CERN technology showcased in the context of UN Plastic Treaty discussions
AI data analysis techniques developed at CERN were showcased during a side event of INC-5.2 – the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting in Geneva to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution
Computer Security: easily applied
To make your life easier, the Computer Security Office has compiled four shortlists of “Security Principles”
AWAKE accelerator upgrade gets a head start
Trailblazing plasma wakefield experiment, AWAKE, begins its upgrade one year ahead of the rest of CERN’s accelerator complex
Accelerator Report: Focus on luminosity production
Following the successful oxygen and neon ion runs, protons are back in the LHC, delivering luminosity at a high rate and slowly catching up with the forecast production rate. In addition, a slight increase of the bunch intensity is being considered
CERN at the “Avignon Off” Theatre Festival
"Collision(s)", a play based on a meeting between a playwright and a CERN particle physicist, was performed at the “Avignon Off” Festival on 18 July: a deep dive into the interactions between poets and scientists
Computer Security: Spam protection for phone calls
Unsolicited marketing and fraudulent calls are unfortunately very common nowadays. Although total protection is impossible, the CERN Telephony Service has implemented several mechanisms to reduce such annoying calls to all CERN telephone numbers
ALICE honours its PhD thesis award winners
On 15 July 2025, the ALICE collaboration honoured its PhD thesis award winners during a special ceremony held as part of the ALICE collaboration meeting at CERN
A quantum leap for antimatter measurements
Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries