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A new business incubation centre in Switzerland marks the tenth centre to help businesses take CERN technology and expertise to the market
CERN develops new technologies that have applications not only in particle physics experiments, but also in the aerospace industry
CERN and the French space agency, CNES, signed an agreement to collaborate on aerospace projects, from big data solutions to satellites
Superconducting technology developed for the HL-LHC and FCC could improve our understanding of the human brain
CERN colleagues are warmly invited to help the Knowledge Transfer team welcome visitors and advertise CERN’s science and technology
The Global Innovation Index 2016 report is a leading reference on innovation and uses CERN as an example of a highly successful regional initiative
Knowledge Transfer Fund awarded over six hundred thousand Swiss francs to six projects in 2016.