https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Europe's CERN laboratory has taken its first steps towards building a huge new particle accelerator that would eclipse its Large Hadron Collider -- and hopes to see light at the end of the tunnel. https://www.thelocal.ch/20230422/cern-takes-first-small-steps-towards-giant-particle-accelerator Sat, 22 Apr 2023 11:13:45 +0200 cern-takes-first-small-steps-towards-giant-particle-accelerator Europe's physics lab CERN on Wednesday said it had stopped using a Facebook team-chat application because of concerns about handing over data to the US tech giant. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200205/switzerland-cern-lab-drops-facebook-due-to-data-concerns Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:45:34 +0100 switzerland-cern-lab-drops-facebook-due-to-data-concerns Speaking in Geneva on Monday, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee slammed the increasing commodification of personal information and appealed for internet users to strive to maintain "complete control" of their data. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190312/web-inventor-urges-users-to-seek-complete-control-of-data-internet-tim-berners-lee Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:45:44 +0100 web-inventor-urges-users-to-seek-complete-control-of-data-internet-tim-berners-lee Europe's physics lab CERN on Monday disavowed a lecture by an invited scientist who claimed physics was "built by men", and accused women of demanding specialist jobs without suitable qualifications. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181001/scientist-angers-cern-with-address-on-women-and-science Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:58:15 +0200 scientist-angers-cern-with-address-on-women-and-science A major upgrade began on Friday for the world's most powerful proton smasher to increase the number of particle collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider and help further explore the fundamental building blocks of the universe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180615/upgrade-to-boost-capacity-of-cerns-giant-particle-smasher Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:35:55 +0200 upgrade-to-boost-capacity-of-cerns-giant-particle-smasher Europe's top physics lab Cern launched its newest particle accelerator on Tuesday, billed as a key step towards future experiments that could unlock the universe's greatest mysteries. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170510/genevas-cern-launches-new-particle-accelerator Wed, 10 May 2017 10:26:47 +0200 genevas-cern-launches-new-particle-accelerator Scientists in Geneva will stage a protest march on April 22nd, Earth Day, against anti-science rhetoric and ‘alternative facts’, the term coined by US president Donald Trump's advisor Kellyanne Conway. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170404/geneva-scientists-to-march-against-alternative-facts Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:41:02 +0200 geneva-scientists-to-march-against-alternative-facts The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched an investigation into a video filmed at night on its Geneva campus depicting a mock ritual human sacrifice, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160818/video-human-sacrifice-at-cern-raises-security-questions Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:44:22 +0200 video-human-sacrifice-at-cern-raises-security-questions The world’s most powerful proton smasher is preparing for its biggest run yet which scientists hope will uncover new particles that could dramatically change our understanding of the Universe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160507/large-hadron-collider-set-to-resume-search-for-the-totally-unthinkable Sat, 07 May 2016 15:22:55 +0200 large-hadron-collider-set-to-resume-search-for-the-totally-unthinkable Particles as well as world views have been colliding at the famous lab near Geneva as a group for gay scientists there have reported the "common occurrence" of people defacing their posters. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160321/lgbt-scientists-at-cern-lab-face-discrimination Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:25:18 +0100 lgbt-scientists-at-cern-lab-face-discrimination Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have discovered a new kind of particle called the pentaquark, they announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150715/hello-pentaquark-meet-the-worlds-new Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:00:34 +0200 hello-pentaquark-meet-the-worlds-new The world's biggest particle smasher, based in Geneva, was set on Wednesday to start unprecedented experiments after a two-year upgrade to crank up energy levels in a bid to unlock more mysteries of the universe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150603/cerns-particle-smasher-set-for-new-experiments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:52:47 +0200 cerns-particle-smasher-set-for-new-experiments The world's largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels in a test run after a two-year upgrade, the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150521/geneva-particle-smasher-sets-energy-level-record Thu, 21 May 2015 16:47:23 +0200 geneva-particle-smasher-sets-energy-level-record The world's largest particle smasher resumed colliding protons Tuesday as it gradually reboots following a two-year upgrade, the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150505/cern-fires-up-particle-accelerator-after-upgrade Tue, 05 May 2015 22:37:39 +0200 cern-fires-up-particle-accelerator-after-upgrade The world's biggest particle collider was back in operation on Sunday after a two-year upgrade, the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150405/particle-smasher-starts-up-again Sun, 05 Apr 2015 18:39:02 +0200 particle-smasher-starts-up-again Physicists in Geneva have fixed a short-circuit at the world's largest proton smasher, making the particle-hunting machine ready for a restart "within days' time" after a two-year shutdown. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150401/cern-poised-to-restart-particle-accelerator Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:46:02 +0200 cern-poised-to-restart-particle-accelerator A short-circuit at the world's largest proton smasher has indefinitely delayed the particle-hunting machine's planned restart, the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150325/magnet-short-circuit-halts-cerns-particle-smasher Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:03:43 +0100 magnet-short-circuit-halts-cerns-particle-smasher Physicists at the world's largest particle collider have made the most accurate measurement yet of the Higgs boson, which was found after a nearly half-century quest, Geneva-based physics lab CERN said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150317/cern-scientists-measure-god-particle Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:20:57 +0100 cern-scientists-measure-god-particle Europe's Geneva-based physics lab CERN has begun tests in preparation for rebooting the world's biggest particle collider and trying to uncover new particles that could alter our understanding of the Universe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150312/cern-ready-to-reboot-particle-collider Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:04:26 +0100 cern-ready-to-reboot-particle-collider Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti was named on Tuesday to lead the Geneva-based European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), the first woman to head up the globally renowned particle physics lab. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141104/italian-woman-named-to-head-cern-physics-centre Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:48:00 +0100 italian-woman-named-to-head-cern-physics-centre