CERN Alumni Weekly News | Delft Alumni event, LHC Job Matching, Global Health Webinar, ATLAS news, CERN Medical Applications, "November Revolution" in particle physics

Published on November 25, 2024

This week, the picturesque city of Delft hosted a memorable event celebrating 70 years of CERN’s contributions to science and innovation. Organised by the CERN Alumni Network and 4TU.Alumni, the evening featured personal reflections, updates on alumni activities, and plenty of networking opportunities: https://alumni.cern/news/2238077

Are you ready for the LHC Job Matching Event? Happening entirely on Zoom, this event connects recruiters and job seekers currently working on LHC experiments: https://alumni.cern/events/163456

Join us for the Global Health Webinar on 26 November and explore how CERN technologies are addressing global health challenges. The event will share outcomes from CERN’s recent workshop, including innovative ideas and collaborations tackling issues like medical data management and malaria advancements: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1451040/

ATLAS has achieved a groundbreaking observation of top quarks in lead–lead collisions, providing new insights into the quark–gluon plasma and the strong force. This milestone paves the way for further discoveries in heavy-ion collision physics: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/physics/atlas-observes-top-quarks-lead-lead-collisions

CERN recently brought together key stakeholders in global health to tackle pressing challenges. The outcomes of this workshop will be presented during the Global Health Webinar on 26 November: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/cern-brings-together-key-stakeholders-global-health

The latest article in the CERN70 series explores how CERN’s technological innovations have revolutionised medicine, from imaging breakthroughs to advances in diagnostics and treatment: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/series/cern70/cern70-physics-medicine

Step back 50 years to the "November Revolution" in particle physics. The discovery of the J/ψ and its excitations marked a turning point, giving momentum to the theoretical ideas behind the Standard Model: https://cerncourier.com/a/the-new-particles/