Archive for junio 22, 2012

Rio+20 Meyrin

Heart attack scenario

Important information for drivers in France

From 1 July 2012, any driver of a motorised road vehicle, excluding two- or three-wheeled vehicles whose engine capacity does not exceed 50cm3, must be in possession of a breathalyser in full working order. With effect from 1 November 2012*, drivers failing to produce a breathalyser run the risk of being served with an 11 euro fine.

A breathalyser is used to measure the alcohol content in the motorist's breath. The permissible level of alcohol for drivers is less than 0.5 g of alcohol per litre of blood, or 0.25 mg of alcohol per litre of air exhaled.

The obligation to have a breathalyser on board the vehicle also applies to all drivers on the French part of the CERN site. All vehicles belonging to or leased by the Organization must also carry a breathalyser together with all the requisite documentation (cf. Operational Circular No. 4).

Drivers of privately owned vehicles can obtain breathalysers from car accessory dealers, service stations or pharmacies, etc. Drivers of vehicles belonging to or leased by the Organization may obtain breathalysers by completing a material request in EDH using the reference number 50.64.03.001.6.

This obligation is consistent with CERN’s alcoholism prevention policy (cf. Operational Circular No. 8).

*For further details please consult: Décret n° 2012-284 of 28 February 2012 and FAQ here (in French only). See also the CERN catalogue under the reference number 50.64.03.C.

Das ATLAS experiment : Die Teilchen schlagen zurück

Shot with a bug's eye view of the inside of the detector. The viewer is shown the inner, middle and outer sections of the ATLAS detector. The narrator describes how different parts of the detector are able to detect 6 different types of particles: electrons, photons, protons, neutrons, muons and neutrinos.

L’expérience ATLAS : les particules contre-attaquent ( épisode II)

ATLAS, la Grève des particules est de retour dans le deuxième épisode d'une série en trois parties qui dévoile les mystères de l'expérience ATLAS. Tourné de l'intérieur du détecteur, sont montrées les parties interne, moyenne et externe du détecteur ATLAS. Le narrateur décrit comment les différentes parties du détecteur sont capables de détecter 6 différents types de particules: les électrons, photons, protons, neutrons, muons et de neutrinos.

Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror



Team members share the challenges of Curiosity's final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.



Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror



Team members share the challenges of Curiosity’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.