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  • CERN and fusion energy, advancing together

    CERN and fusion energy, advancing together

    CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological development in areas of common interest, including high-temperature superconducting magnets and fusion energy

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  • CERN launches Generation Higgs, its new cultural season, with Cédric Klapisch on 25 September

    CERN launches Generation Higgs, its new cultural season, with Cédric Klapisch on 25 September

    With Generation Higgs, CERN honours the young minds already shaping today’s scientific landscape

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  • ISOLDE investigates island of inversion

    ISOLDE investigates island of inversion

    An experiment carried out at CERN’s ISOLDE facility has determined the western shore of a small island of atomic nuclei, where conventional nuclear rules break down

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  • Towards new physics with bent crystals

    Towards new physics with bent crystals

    Double crystal channelling was observed for the first time at the LHC, a milestone for future short-lived particle research

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  • Students step up to the I.FAST innovation challenge

    Students step up to the I.FAST innovation challenge

    International participants of the fourth I.FAST Challenge Based Innovation event were praised for their innovative proposals to find novel medical solutions using particle accelerator technology

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  • CERN and Pro Helvetia extend “Connect” collaboration and launch Connect Argentina residency

    CERN and Pro Helvetia extend “Connect” collaboration and launch Connect Argentina residency

    Artists Juan Sorrentino and Céline Manz will jointly complete a dual residency at CERN and the Pierre Auger Observatory as the artists selected for Connect Argentina

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  • Herwig Schopper (1924 – 2025)

    Herwig Schopper (1924 – 2025)

    CERN Director-General from 1981 to 1988, he oversaw the successful completion of the largest particle accelerator of its time

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  • Summer students shine at CERN

    Summer students shine at CERN

    CERN’s 2025 Summer Student programmes welcomed 341 young scientists and engineers from more than 100 nations to experience the cutting edge of particle physics research.

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  • CERN technology showcased in the context of UN Plastic Treaty discussions

    CERN technology showcased in the context of UN Plastic Treaty discussions

    AI data analysis techniques developed at CERN were showcased during a side event of INC-5.2 – the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting in Geneva to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution

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  • AWAKE accelerator upgrade gets a head start

    AWAKE accelerator upgrade gets a head start

    Trailblazing plasma wakefield experiment, AWAKE, begins its upgrade one year ahead of the rest of CERN’s accelerator complex

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