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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
Twenty years ago, in 1997, CERN set up a reinforced policy and team to support its knowledge- and technology-transfer activities
CERN and leading Italian business school SAFM will collaborate on entrepreneurship and management
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’s IdeaSquare is launching a new on-line journal called CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation or CIJ
CERN colleagues are warmly invited to help the Knowledge Transfer team welcome visitors and advertise CERN’s science and technology
Innovative ideas blossom at the KT Entrepreneurship meet-ups
New toolbox, released by CERN and University of Bath collaboration, has applications in medical imaging and cancer diagnosis
The Global Innovation Index 2016 report is a leading reference on innovation and uses CERN as an example of a highly successful regional initiative