Category: Article
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A clear view of a complex environment
A clear view of a complex environment 16 DECEMBER 2025 | By Kristiane Bernhard-Novotny Panoramic picture of a transfer tunnel in the North Area. Credit: N Mandal & N Kahn The North Area is a place where precision matters. Understanding its layout, recognising equipment and navigating its experimental spaces are essential parts of daily work.
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PREPARE. UPGRADE. VERIFY. COMMISSION. – YETS 2025 – 2026
PREPARE. UPGRADE. VERIFY. COMMISSION. – YETS 2025 – 2026 08 DECEMBER 2025 | Kristiane Bernhard-Novotny Today marks the beginning of the Year-End Technical Stop 2025–26 (YETS), a period in which CERN’s North Area shifts from high-intensity operation to an equally intense phase of maintenance and renewal. During the YETS, the North Area fills with activity:
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Lighting the way for the next generation of particle detectors
Lighting the way for the next generation of particle detectors 11 OCTOBER 2025 | Kristiane Bernhard-Novotny As part of the North Area Consolidation programme NA-CONS, a new XCET threshold Cherenkov detector was put to the test on one of CERN’s North Area beamlines a year ago, marking the rebirth of a technology that has quietly
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Hollow Fibres for the Future of CERN’s North Area
Hollow Fibres for the Future of CERN’s North Area 06 OCTOBER 2025 | Kristiane Bernhard-Novotny A slender glass fibre no thicker than a human hair placed across a particle beam could transform the way scientists monitor beams in one of CERN’s busiest regions: the North Area, home to many experiments that rely on intense particle