On 23 November, the Duke of York visited CERN and, in his capacity as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, inaugurated the UK@CERN Exhibition. >>

The LHCb magnet reached full current and achieved the designed magnetic field on 9 November, a major milestone for the collaboration. >>

With 16 magnets tested in the week of 14 to 20 November, the team responsible for cold-testing the LHC dipole magnets has set a new record ! It takes about five days and a team of some twenty people to connect up the magnets, cool them down to -271°C, perform the cold-tests on them, and then to warm them up again. >>

The four LHC experiments are on an unprecedented scale. The detectors will record particle collisions far more powerful than those at any other particle accelerator. >>

Roland Gay of the HR Department (at right) recently received a special diploma from the Geneva Industrial Union (UIG). >>