Tag: CERN community
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CERN’s AI innovation recognised at Digital@UNGA Awards 2026
CAFEIN®, CERN’s federated learning artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has been recognised as runner-up in the Digital Frontiers category at the Digital@UNGA Awards 2026. The award celebrates pioneering initiatives that responsibly use emerging technologies to address global challenges and contribute to a more inclusive digital future. Originally developed at CERN to respond efficiently to the complex data challenges of particle
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Young scientists win their way to CERN, DESY and the University of Bonn
From 11 to 25 August, a bit earlier as usual due to Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), CERN, DESY (the German electron synchrotron facility in Hamburg) and ELSA (the electron accelerator at the University of Bonn) welcomed the winners of the 2026 Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition. Launched in 2014 to mark CERN’s 60th anniversary, Beamline for Schools is
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“La nuit est belle!” 2026
Starting on the evening of Friday, 9 October, CERN will participate in the sixth edition of “La nuit est belle !”. Thanks to this initiative, turning off or dimming street lighting in the middle of the night has become common practice across the Geneva canton. For this edition, “La nuit est belle !” invites the public
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2 – 12 October | CERN will be at the “Fête de la science” 2026
From 2 to 12 October, explore the theme “saveurs, savantes” at the Fête de la Science across France, including in the Pays de Gex. To mark the occasion, CERN is taking part in the collaborative science trail coordinated and led by Addictlab, offering a range of events and activities. This collaborative science trail spans the
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Photo exhibition|The impact of CERN technologies: from fundamental research to our everyday lives
An exhibition on the Esplanade des Particules showcases in images some of the practical applications of CERN technologies and the expertise of CERN scientists and engineers
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Cancer awareness at CERN: Pink October and Blue November campaigns
Breast cancer and prostate cancer are among the most common cancers worldwide, but early detection saves lives. Regular screening, awareness of risk factors and healthy lifestyle choices are key to prevention and to better outcomes in the event of illness. This autumn, the CERN Medical Service is joining the Pink October and Blue November campaigns
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Computer Security: The road to SBOM
The SBOM (short for “Software Bill of Materials”) gets a bad rap in IT. As full (and often enormous) inventories of components, libraries and packages, SBOMs are complicated to set up and therefore no one is a big fan of them. Instead, many IT managers try to avoid them altogether. This is unfortunate as SBOMs
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Predicting the socio-economic impact of the High-Luminosity LHC
In 1931, Paul Dirac predicted a particle with the same mass as the electron and the opposite charge. This particle, the “positron”, was observed the following year, in a cloud-chamber photograph taken by Carl Anderson. Of course, neither envisaged any medical applications of the discovery. But, today, PET scanners identify tumours by capturing the gamma
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CERN’s new internal justice system is now in force
The reform marks an important step towards a more modern, accessible, professional and independent system of internal justice
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The September/October 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out
In his landmark 1945 report Science, the Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush argued that basic research is the fund from which applications, and with them prosperity, are drawn. Eight decades on, the High-Luminosity LHC is expected to return to society nearly twice its cost, before a single discovery is counted. The largest share comes from the skills