The Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, a former CERN physicist now working for ESA, made his debut space flight last December. On 14 June he returned to CERN to talk about the experience.
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As the start-up of the LHC approaches, some people are worried about the possible dangers posed by such a powerful machine. Here are a few key points to reassure them...
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Peter Jenni, ATLAS spokesperson, presented the ATLAS supplier award to Herbert Reichl, IZM director, and to Simonetta Di Gioia, from the SELEX company.
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Pions, quarks, leptons, bosons, muons, kaons, electrons, gluons,... the world of the infinitesimally small is simply heaving with different types of particles with strange names.
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From left to right: Allan Cameron (Production Designer), Sam Breckham (Location Manager), James Gillies (Head of Communication at CERN), Jacques Fichet (from the CERN Audiovisual Service), Rolf Landua...
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The first end-cap of the ATLAS toroid magnet has been lowered into the ATLAS cavern three weeks after leaving its assembly hall.
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