CERN
Bulletin

End of October, the last lengths of conductor for the CMS superconducting solenoid have been produced. This is another large sub-project of the CMS Magnet being successfully finished, after completion of the Yoke last year (see Bulletin 43/2002). >>

In the first week of December, two new exhibitions open in Microcosm: "Mysteries of the Universe" and "Computing@CERN". >>

Physics is hungry for bytes. The LHC experiments will produce 10 petabytes (a 1 followed by 16 zeros) each year, enough to fill 16 million CD-ROMs. >>

Fifty years of scientific and technical adventure are outlined along the months of the calendar 2004. >>

With their 27 bones, 33 muscles and 22 joints, hands are the most complicated and at the same time the most useful parts of the body. >>

The following staff members with 25 years' service in 2003 were invited by the Director-General to a reception in their honour on 20 November 2003: ALLIOD Patrick/ATGESCHONKE Gunther/AB AYMON Marcel/HRGLASER... >>