Lucie Burdychova
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CERN’s 70th anniversary ceremony
This year holds special significance for CERN, which celebrates its 70th anniversary on 29 September 2024. This landmark year honours CERN’s remarkable contributions to scientific knowledge, technological innovation, and international collaboration in the field of particle physics. A variety of events and activities, culminating in an anniversary ceremony on 1 October, showcase the Laboratory’s rich past and…
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The Laboratory takes shape
Part 2 of the CERN70 feature series Franco Bonaudi, one of the pioneers of CERN’s accelerators, looks back at the Laboratory’s early years, during which everything had yet to be invented
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Science Week: MEET THE UNIVERSE at Vienna
The Science Week: MEET THE UNIVERSE, hosted by the Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) in cooperation with the Stefan Meyer Institute of the ÖAW, took place from June 13 to June 19, 2024, at Museumsquartier, 1070 Vienna. For an entire week, visitors had the opportunity to explore…
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From particle physics to medicine
As part of the celebrations for CERN’s 70th anniversary, this event offered a unique opportunity to explore the various applications of particle physics instruments and tools in hospitals and medical research. Medical doctors, biologists and physicists guided the public on a captivating journey, providing insights into the future of therapy and imaging. The event covered…
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Happy hundredth Herwig!
CERN celebrates its 70th anniversary and birthday of Herwig Schopper, Director General of CERN from 1981 to 1988, in the same year! On Friday 1 March, Herwig Schopper celebrates his 100th birhtday. He has made landmark contributions to nuclear and particle physics and to related technologies. In his early career, he played a key role…
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Unveiling the Universe
Celebrations began with Unveiling the Universe, an event combining science, art and culture in CERN Science Gateway on 30 January. As part of the celebrations for CERN’s 70th anniversary, the Unveiling the Universe event was a unique meeting of art and science, looking back at CERN’s 70 years of scientific discoveries and looking ahead to the mysteries…