Tag: Switzerland
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Switzerland
JOINED: 2016 CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER LOCAL RESOURCES WEBSITE:CHIPP outreach webpage The Swiss Institute for Particle Physics (CHIPP) is an association according to Swiss law regrouping all the particle, astroparticle, and nuclear physicists holding a Master in physics and working for a Swiss institution, as well as the Swiss PhD nationals working at CERN.Founded in 2003,…
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Romania
JOINED: 2016 CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER The particle physics community in Romania is centred around CERN collaborations, carried out by physics institutes and major universities in the country (mainly: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi, Timisoara). The promotion of physics, of exact sciences and communication with society are important missions of these entities. “Particle Physics Masterclasses” is the most…
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Smashing Science
In 2009 twelve high school students won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair’s “Best of Category” Award. The prize? A trip to Geneva, Switzerland to explore CERN. This short film made by one of the student winners, Eliza McNitt, documents these young scientists’ experiences on their journey to visit the Large Hadron Collider at…