Tag: Media
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CERN’s first Innovation Hub pilot to open in Belgium
CERN and POM Limburg, Limburg’s provincial development agency, signed an agreement today to establish the first CERN Innovation Hub pilot at Corda Campus in Hasselt, Belgium. The hub will give Belgian industry access to technologies and expertise developed at CERN. Jan-Paul Brouwer, CERN Director for Finance and Human Resources, will sign on behalf of the Laboratory. In line
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CERN and Mistral join forces to accelerate AI for science
CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and Mistral, a European developer of large-scale AI models, have signed a statement of intent to establish a long-term strategic partnership focused on developing foundation models for scientific discovery. The partnership brings together CERN’s expertise in fundamental physics, scientific data and large-scale computing with Mistral’s leadership in large-scale
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CERN launches the Grand Prix Resonance, a special edition of the annual Resonance residency programme
Arts at CERN, the City of Geneva and the Republic and Canton of Geneva are pleased to announce the launch of the Grand Prix Resonance, the third year of the Resonance residency programme. Resonance is a fully funded two-month residency at CERN for artists based in Geneva exploring the connections between art, science and technology. The programme, which started
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Positrons pass test for the Future Circular Collider
An experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has successfully produced, captured and transported positrons using a novel system developed for CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC). The results show that the key elements of the FCC positron-source concept can operate together, representing an important advance for this technically demanding aspect of the
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n_TOF experiment sheds light on ancient stardust
Niobium-94, an isotope of niobium with 41 protons and 53 neutrons, is a critical crossroads in the complex nuclear processes that forge heavy elements under the intense pressures and temperatures of dying stars. Writing in Physical Review Letters, the n_TOF Collaboration reports the first ever measurement of the probability of niobium-94 taking one of the
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Oxygen collisions at the LHC show new indications of extreme state of matter
One year on from the first-ever collisions of oxygen at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the main LHC Collaborations – ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb – have each reported signs of the state of matter known as quark–gluon plasma (QGP) originating from these collisions. QGP is a state of matter that forms under intense pressure
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CERN bids farewell to the LHC and enters Long Shutdown 3
Today, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, comes to the end of an extraordinary chapter in its scientific journey. Following its final physics run, the accelerator has been switched off to begin CERN’s Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), a major programme of maintenance, consolidation, upgrades and installation work that will prepare the
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CLOUD experiment uncovers a major new source of marine aerosol particles
In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the CLOUD Collaboration at CERN reports that natural emissions from phytoplankton are producing far more aerosol particles than previously thought, changing our understanding of aerosols and clouds in pristine climates from before the industrial era and after the fossil fuel era. Cloud droplets form on aerosol
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New study highlights CERN’s socio-economic contributions as a global research hub
The newly published study Assessment of the socio-economic benefits of CERN activities reports on CERN’s activities over the past 25 years and highlights a range of socio-economic benefits generated by the Laboratory’s role as a global hub for science, technology and collaboration. The study examines how CERN contributes to scientific, technological, economic and societal outcomes
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Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia announce the artists selected for the 2026 Connect India residency
Launched in 2021 by Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Connect has established itself as a key platform for artistic experimentation in connection with fundamental science. The programme continues its mission of fostering meaningful dialogue between artists and scientists through residencies at CERN and partner scientific institutions around the world. Connect