GenevaLunch » Cern http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Theatre in English: Dr. H, the life and death of pancakeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/theatre-in-english-dr-h-the-life-and-death-of-pancakes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/theatre-in-english-dr-h-the-life-and-death-of-pancakes/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:17:10 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=68503 GenevaLunch.com Absurd scientific theatre written and played by Heiko Buchholz, a CERN artist in residence. In German and French as well.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/theatre-in-english-dr-h-the-life-and-death-of-pancakes/feed/ 0 Speed of lightning probably not overtaken, says Cernhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/speed-of-lightning-probably-not-overtaken-says-cern/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/speed-of-lightning-probably-not-overtaken-says-cern/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:52:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67817 GenevaLunch.com New information on neutrinos backs suspicions earlier measurements were somehow flawed GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Physicists can relax a bit this weekend, with Cern’s latest statement on the hubbub surrounding 2011 measurements taken in Italy that appeared to show the first serious deviation from Einstein’s law of relativity. Cern, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, startled [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/speed-of-lightning-probably-not-overtaken-says-cern/feed/ 0 Highlights from this week’s newshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/highlights-from-this-weeks-news/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/highlights-from-this-weeks-news/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:09:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67462 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A rundown of some of this week’s news highlights: Nestlé charged with lack of protection, death of former worker Charges were filed against Vevey-based multinational Nestlé in Zug by a Colombian trade union and a human rights group for not adequately protecting a former employee, Luciano Romero, who was murdered in Colombia [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/highlights-from-this-weeks-news/feed/ 0 Landmines, Internet freedom, Syria keep Geneva busy this week (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:48:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67200 GenevaLunch.com (Land mine information corrected) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva’s international profile was particularly high during the past week. The Human Rights Council condemned Syria but also highlighted growing concerns over Sri Lanka, the World Trade Organization picked up the Acta Internet freedom debate, Cern announced it will be using cloud computing to help handle massive LHC [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/feed/ 1 Cern first in line for new “Helix Nebula” cloudhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/01/cern-first-in-line-for-new-helix-nebula-cloud/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/01/cern-first-in-line-for-new-helix-nebula-cloud/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:22:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67155 GenevaLunch.com European consortium establishes cloud computing system GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three major European science organizations are joining forces to build a heavy-duty cloud computing systems that will bear the weight of their scientific research data, Cern in Geneva announced 1 March. Cern (European Centre for Nuclear Research) will be the first to use it, to have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/01/cern-first-in-line-for-new-helix-nebula-cloud/feed/ 0 Cern on the latest neutrino brouhaha: tests in May will tellhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/cern-on-the-latest-neutrino-brouhaha-tests-in-may-will-tell/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/cern-on-the-latest-neutrino-brouhaha-tests-in-may-will-tell/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:58:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66911 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The uproar in the physics world was almost as loud Wednesday 22 February as in September 2011: the American Association for the Advancement of Science said Wednesday that a loose wire was suspected as being responsible for what may have been incorrect readings of neutrinos announced in September in 2011 by Cern’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/cern-on-the-latest-neutrino-brouhaha-tests-in-may-will-tell/feed/ 0 Higgs Boson: we’ll know by the end of 2012http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/higgs-boson-well-know-by-the-end-of-2012/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/higgs-boson-well-know-by-the-end-of-2012/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:57:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66609 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Cern (European Organization for Nuclear Research) will start running Large Hadron Collider (LHC) beams again in March, until November, but at a higher beam energy, 4 TeV, which is 0.5 TeV higher than last year, the group announced Monday 13 February. The higher speed will allow more experiments to be run before [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/higgs-boson-well-know-by-the-end-of-2012/feed/ 0 “Boson, I presume?”, but not Higgshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:53:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64826 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at Cern, working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), this week say they have turned up a boson, a particle that carries force, although it is not the famously sought-after Higgs boson. The Chi-b (3P) appears likely to be the first sub-atomic particle found since the LHC went to work in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/feed/ 0 Collisions that changed the world (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64745 GenevaLunch.com ©2011 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Cern-watchers hyped for Higgs Boson newshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/13/cern-watchers-hyped-for-higgs-boson-news/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/13/cern-watchers-hyped-for-higgs-boson-news/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:24:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64652 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The birth of the child called Higgs Boson might or might not be coming soon, depending on what media you follow, but today is in any event a big day at Cern in Geneva, when the suspension ends and we’ll all learn out what scientists are seeing, thanks to the LHC (Large [...]

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