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Particle physics on the brain

Methods from theoretical physics are shedding light on the brain’s circuitry

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Physics
30 January, 2018
Physics
News
30 January, 2018

Forty years since the first PET image at CERN

Marilena Streit-Bianchi reminisces about her role in the first PET (positron-emission tomography) image taken at CERN

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Knowledge sharing
21 December, 2017
Knowledge sharing
News
21 December, 2017

Combatting cancer in challenging environments

CERN, the International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC) and STFC are developing medical linear accelerators for low- and middle-income countries

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Knowledge sharing
09 November, 2017
Knowledge sharing
News
09 November, 2017

Meet ISOLDE: What can ISOLDE do for cancer research?

For the final part of our series celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, we see what impact research at ISOLDE can have on society

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Experiments
16 October, 2017
Experiments
Feature
16 October, 2017

Spectral imaging: from CERN to medical technologies

Spectral imaging is an emerging technology in the medical field allowing colour imaging during CT scans. Exciting – but how is it related to CERN?

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Knowledge sharing
07 May, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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07 May, 2017

Crystal Clear celebrates 25 years

Crystal Clear was founded in 1991 to provide crystal detectors for particle physics – it has since had a wider impact on society

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Experiments
12 December, 2016
Experiments
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12 December, 2016

How the LHC could help us peek inside the human brain

Superconducting technology developed for the HL-LHC and FCC could improve our understanding of the human brain

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Knowledge sharing
29 November, 2016
Knowledge sharing
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29 November, 2016

Help advertise CERN’s science and technology at IEEE

CERN colleagues are warmly invited to help the Knowledge Transfer team welcome visitors and advertise CERN’s science and technology

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Knowledge sharing
27 October, 2016
Knowledge sharing
News
27 October, 2016

ENLIGHT meeting on particle therapy in the Netherlands

The annual meeting of ENLIGHT, which focuses on particle therapy for cancer treatment, was held in the Netherlands

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Physics
29 September, 2016

New open source medical imaging tools

New toolbox, released by CERN and University of Bath collaboration, has applications in medical imaging and cancer diagnosis

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Knowledge sharing
05 September, 2016
Knowledge sharing
News
05 September, 2016

A miniature accelerator to treat cancer

CERN has developed an accelerator just two metres long to be used in hospitals for medical imaging and the treatment of cancer

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Knowledge sharing
28 July, 2015
Knowledge sharing
News
28 July, 2015

Taking biomedical research at CERN to the next level

The head of CERN's Medical Application Programme addresses a medical conference 60 years after the first use of protons to treat cancer

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Knowledge sharing
20 February, 2014
Knowledge sharing
News
20 February, 2014