Tag: CERN Impact
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Call for crowdsourcing projects pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Crowd4SDG launches its final call for projects to tackle climate change and promote justice
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ATTRACT unveils the projects that will benefit from its €28 million fund for innovation
ATTRACT, a research and innovation project funded by the European Union and backed by a consortium of nine partners, including CERN, will commit €28 million to finance 36 projects from more than 20 countries
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CERN tech in space: the first CERN-driven satellite has been successfully launched
With the launch of the CELESTA satellite for radiation monitoring in space, CERN shows its expertise in the field of radiation effects on electronics
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CERN’s CARA tool spawns valuable data on viral infection mechanisms
Accurate modelling of viral infection rates in indoor settings has been presented in detail in a peer-reviewed paper co-authored by CERN experts
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CERN computer servers set sail for Lebanon
On 14 January, CERN representatives met with a Lebanese delegation to celebrate the shipping of donated computer servers to Lebanon following a fundraising campaign for the High-Performance Computing for Lebanon (HPC4L) project
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Celebrating the role of basic science in sustainable development
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2022 the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD). An initiative championed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), which celebrates its 100th anniversary next year, the international year will be organised under the auspices of UNESCO. If COVID-19 has taught us
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CERN launches Technology Impact Fund to address global challenges
First selected project could save lives by providing earlier earthquake alerts
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CERN announces new open data policy in support of open science
A new open data policy for scientific experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will make scientific research more reproducible, accessible, and collaborative
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CERN and CHUV collaborate on a pioneering new cancer radiotherapy facility
CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment