Tag: General public
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Antonino Zichichi (1929 – 2026)
A pioneer of CERN’s experimental programme in the 1950s, he was one of the most influential figures in high-energy physics
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Groundbreaking CMS calorimeter for the High-Luminosity LHC
CMS has recently completed the first prototype slice of its innovative High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL), which will be the largest silicon-based detector ever built
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Heating homes with the world’s largest particle accelerator
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area
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European labs get aligned at CERN
Eleven laboratories have all come to CERN to measure a girder, using their state-of-the-art equipment to establish a common definition of alignment uncertainty
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Probing asteroids with particle beams
CERN’s HiRadMat facility is helping scientists to understand how asteroid materials behave under extreme conditions
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What can you do with 380 million Higgs bosons?
The latest edition of the CERN Courier magazine explores what the High-Luminosity LHC will be able to say about the distant past and future of the Universe
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Advancing cancer therapy with next-gen radionuclides
The PRISMAP programme, coordinated by CERN, has supplied 159 radionuclide batches for cancer research over the past five years
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Superconductors, an opportunity for science and society
At the ‘Catalysing impact – Superconductivity for Global Challenges’ event, stakeholders from the fields of research, industry, politics and finance discussed collaboration on superconducting technologies for the benefit of science and society
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CERN wishes you a happy 2026
The new year brings new leadership, more collisions, more results and paths opening up to the future – follow CERN in 2026
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CERN wishes you a happy 2026
The new year brings new leadership, more collisions, more results and paths opening up to the future – follow CERN in 2026