CERN Alumni Weekly News | Guess Who I Bumped Into – Petr Olmer, Events: The Web’s American debut, the Future Circular Collider, New York, Copenhagen and Eindhoven meet-ups, Open science and pear-shaped nuclei
THIS WEEK’S DIGEST AT A GLANCE
- Our community: Guess Who I Bumped Into – Petr from Czechia
- Events: The Web’s American debut, the Future Circular Collider
- Groups: New York, Copenhagen and Eindhoven meet-ups
- News from CERN & beyond: Open science and pear-shaped nuclei
- Photo of the week: Winter at ALICE, captured by Tapan Nayak
OUR COMMUNITY
Guess who we bumped into? Check out the latest Look Who We Bumped Into video to see what Petr Olmer had to say when he came back to visit CERN — 20 years after working here.
EVENTS
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Bringing the World Wide Web to America — 11 November
A serendipitous tale of how a Stanford database system and the high-energy physics community helped establish the first U.S. website — and paved the way for the dot-com boom.
https://alumni.cern/events/194515 -
News from the Lab: The Future Circular Collider — 27 November
Discover CERN’s potential flagship project, designed to push the boundaries of high-energy physics beyond the LHC era. The session will explore the FCC’s physics programme, collider designs and preparations for regional implementation.
https://alumni.cern/events/195108
GROUPS
- New York — 7 November, Adobe Office: https://alumni.cern/events/192977
- Copenhagen — 27 November, Reception at the Swiss Embassy: https://alumni.cern/events/194677
- Eindhoven — 12 December, Visit to ESA ESTEC: https://alumni.cern/events/194171
FROM CERN & BEYOND
⦁ A new ISOLDE study of molecules containing pear-shaped atomic nuclei helps shape future research aimed at testing the fundamental symmetries of nature:
https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/physics/molecules-pear-shaped-atomic-nuclei-bear-fruit
⦁ CERN publishes its first Open Science Report, describing how the Organization is working to widen access to its research:
https://home.web.cern.ch/news/announcement/cern/cern-publishes-its-first-open-science-report
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
A beautiful view of the ALICE experimental area at Point 2 in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, taken in the winter of 2022 by Tapan Nayak.