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The new Beam Gas Ionisation beam profile monitor, installed in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) last month, will help accelerator physicists and operators gain new insights into the dynamics of the PS beams
The results suggest a new mechanism that could accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice
CERN’s Next Ion Medical Machine Study (NIMMS) and new European projects are building on existing hadron-therapy research to treat cancer
Donation of servers to the Takoradi Technical University in Ghana marks the seventeenth donation of CERN computing equipment
Lightweight, robust, complex parts produced using additive manufacturing (3D printing) are proving their worth in the accelerators
CERN welcomes Estonia as an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership
Upgraded beam lines will support existing and new collaborations in an environmentally savvy manner in one of CERN’s oldest facilities
The Falling Walls 2020 conference hosted a debate entitled “Does CERN need another supercollider?” and gave a prize to the ATTRACT project
