Category: News
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CERN’s Medipix3 technology on track to help more patients
CERN’s Medipix3 technology on track to help more patients A portable photon-counting CT scanner developed using CERN’s Medipix3 technology receives FDA clearance, paving the way for broader clinical adoption Originally derived from a technology developed to explore the fundamental nature of the Universe, Medipix3 technology now powers a medical scanner that is on track to benefit an
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CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon
CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon Six Timepix chips developed at CERN will measure the radiation environment inside the spacecraft that will orbit the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission At 00:35 CEST today, the Artemis II mission successfully launched, marking the first human journey to the Moon since 1972. During their ten-day journey
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Advancing cancer therapy with next-gen radionuclides
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 Nuclear medicine uses radionuclides for imaging and therapeutic purposes. These unstable nuclei decay by emitting radiation, which will damage or destroy the cancer cells. Over the past decade, the “theranostic”
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New CERN-Fusion for Energy agreement
New CERN-Fusion for Energy agreement CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a framework agreement for collaboration covering areas of common interest On 10 September 2025, CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) signed a major collaboration framework agreement to advance scientific research and technological development in areas of common interest. F4E is the European Union institution responsible
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Einstein Telescope: CERN expands its collaboration
Einstein Telescope: CERN expands its collaboration CERN and the Einstein Telescope Collaboration have signed a new engineering and safety agreement, advancing the project for a next-generation European gravitational-wave observatory The discovery of gravitational waves by the LIGO/VIRGO collaboration in 2015 confirmed a century-old prediction by Einstein and opened up new perspectives on the Universe. While particle accelerators,
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GaToroid – getting closer to affordable cancer therapy
GaToroid – getting closer to affordable cancer therapy CERN has been contributing to developing technologies to improve hadron therapy for the past 30 years. Now, a team at CERN is working on new design concepts that would make the machines delivering hadron therapy much more compact and economically viable Hadron therapy is a state-of-the-art radiotherapy
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Science Gateway’s mini accelerator is now taking data
Science Gateway’s mini accelerator is now taking data The mini proton accelerator ELISA, situated in CERN’s Science Gateway exhibition centre, has started analysing archaeological samples A particle accelerator on display in a museum exhibition is rare. But a functioning particle accelerator conducting real scientific research in a museum exhibition? That’s unprecedented. After years of development,
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CERN’s edge AI data analysis techniques used to detect marine plastic pollution
CERN’s edge AI data analysis techniques used to detect marine plastic pollution CERN’s expertise in data management is leveraged to combat marine plastic litter through the new EU project, Edge SpAIce Earth Observation (EO) and particle physics research have more in common than you might think. In both environments, whether capturing fleeting particle collisions or
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CERN detector could help to improve head tumour radiotherapy
CERN detector could help to improve head tumour radiotherapy | Scientists are testing a new device to help target cancer cells more accurately in ion radiotherapy of head and neck tumours, which could help limit the treatment’s side effects. It includes Timepix3, a small particle detector developed at CERN Particle detectors like the ones used
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ABB and CERN identify 17.4% energy-saving opportunity in the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors
ABB and CERN identify 17.4% energy-saving opportunity in the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors Through a strategic research partnership focused on CERN’s cooling and ventilation systems, energy efficiency audits have helped to identify a savings potential of 17.4% across a total of 800 motors In a joint research project conducted between 2022 and 2023, ABB and CERN developed a
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CERN software to become central hub for EU research
CERN software to become central hub for EU research | Over the last ten years, CERN-born Zenodo has evolved to store ever more scientific data. Today, a new project is set to ensure Zenodo’s position as a prime repository for EU research data What is the link between particle physics, the study of biodiversity and
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How CERN and Ceva are pioneering the future of Edge AI
How CERN and Ceva are pioneering the future of Edge AI What does the face recognition on your phone have to do with particle physics? Discover how CERN and Ceva, a leader in digital signal processor technology, worked together to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the edge. Each day, we are using devices equipped with
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Accelerating stroke prevention
Accelerating stroke prevention | The same AI algorithms used to diagnose anomalies in CERN’s accelerator chain have the potential to detect brain pathologies such as strokes The complex system of the CERN accelerator chain requires immense precision in order to operate. To address this need, CERN researchers developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that predict and
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From physics to finance: how can CERN tools help to uncover market manipulation?
From physics to finance: how can CERN tools help to uncover market manipulation? | With its world-renowned expertise in the analysis of massive volumes of data, CERN has started a unique collaboration with leading market-surveillance experts to explore how particle physics could help to build future manipulation-detection techniques Whether on the trading floor or in
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Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars
Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars | CERN and software company Zenseact wrap up a joint research project that could allow autonomous-driving cars to make faster decisions, thus helping avoid accidents In the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing
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Simulating the spread of COVID-19 with BioDynaMo
Simulating the spread of COVID-19 with BioDynaMo | Based on CERN’s experience in large-scale computing, BioDynaMo, an open-source computer simulation software, was made available in the European Open Science Cloud to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding how the virus spreads was crucial for governments when
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CERN technology to support study of socio-economic inequities, in new collaboration with Statistics Netherlands
CERN technology to support study of socio-economic inequities, in new collaboration with Statistics Netherlands The CERN-codeveloped BioDynaMo technology in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands will perform large-scale data modelling on socio-economic parameters by creating a digital twin of the Netherlands; this can help policy makers combat social inequities | What makes people decide to relocate or
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Open Source Initiative (OSI) endorses the CERN Open Hardware Licence
Open Source Initiative (OSI) endorses the CERN Open Hardware Licence | On 15 January 2021, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved, as OSI Certified, the CERN Open Hardware License 2.0, a family of licenses that governs the use, copying, modification and distribution of hardware designs. On 15 January 2021, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved,
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New 3D colour X-rays made possible with CERN technology
New 3D colour X-rays made possible with CERN technology | Stunning new images pave the way for large-scale human trials, two years on from the first ever 3D colour human X-ray using CERN Medipix3 technology Two years after the first ever 3D colour X-ray of a living human, MARS Bioimaging has released stunning new images made using a world-first
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NASA, CERN Timepix Technology Advances Miniaturized Radiation Detection
NASA, CERN Timepix Technology Advances Miniaturized Radiation Detection | As we prepare to send the first woman and next man to the Moon and on to Mars, NASA, with support from the University of Houston, has been working to develop advanced radiation detectors to better protect astronauts and vital spacecraft systems during solar storms. The detectors are based
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First full satellite tested in CERN’s CHARM facility
First full satellite tested in CERN’s CHARM facility | CHARM, a unique facility at CERN to test electronics in complex radiation environments, has now tested its first full space system: CELESTA (CERN Latchup and radmon Experiment STudent sAtellite). The micro-satellite was successfully tested and qualified in July under a range of radiation conditions that it
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First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology
First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology | What if, instead of a black and white X-ray picture, a doctor of a cancer patient had access to colour images identifying the tissues being scanned? This colour X-ray imaging technique could produce clearer and more accurate pictures and help doctors give their patients
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Particle detectors meet canvas
Particle detectors meet canvas | Artworks are part of our cultural and historical heritage. Yet, according to the Fine Arts Expert Institute, nearly half of the artworks circulating on the market are fakes. So how can you tell if a Rembrandt painting is really a Rembrandt and if a Monet is really a Monet? Moreover,
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CERN develops cryogenic safety tool with broad range of applications
CERN develops cryogenic safety tool with broad range of applications | Andre Henriques discusses the Kryolize project in this short video. In September, some 120 experts in cryogenic safety came to CERN for the HSE Unit’s first Cryogenic Safety Seminar. Their discussions included Kryolize, a new CERN technology tailored for the LHC with a wide
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New open source medical imaging tools
New open source medical imaging tools | CERN and the University of Bath have released a new toolbox for fast, accurate 3D X-ray image reconstruction with applications in medical imaging and cancer diagnosis. The software offers a very simple and affordable way to improve imaging and potentially reduce radiation doses for patients. The toolbox is