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Success stories
TIM, the Train Inspection Monorail, is a mini vehicle autonomously monitoring the 27-km long LHC tunnel.
Initially developed for use by CERN's radiation protection group and the fire brigade, CERN's B-RAD portable radiation survey meter uses innovative solutions based on silicon photomultipliers to continue operating in the presence of high magnetic fields.
BAQ, a startup using CERN technologies, tackles radon in buildings.
In 2020, the Institute of Global Health (University of Geneva) joined the BioDynaMo collaboration to implement a COVID-19 localised spreading model.
A portable RFQ acclerator expects to open up for new possibilities in art studies.
Two other projects initiated with the support of the CERN Medical Applications budget were quickly adapted to COVID-19 research: CAFEIN and MARCHESE.
The start-up Camstech Ltd joined the STFC-CERN Business Incubation Centre in 2016.
CELESTA stands for CERN Latchup Experiments Student sAtellite and will be the first CERN-driven microsatellite.
The collaboration agreement between CERN and ESA, signed in July 2019, addresses the challenge of operating in harsh radiation environments found in both particle-physics facilities and outer space.
Media Gallery
(Italy/Italian) Il progetto HDMS è stato sottoscritto nell’alveo del Framework Collaboration...
12 January, 2023
(USA/English) High-energy electron beams may be able to kill tumors 10 times deeper than current...
8 December, 2022
(France / French) Airbus a décidé de s’associer avec le Cern, l’un des plus grands laboratoires de...
1 December, 2022
(Europe/English) As the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, the European Organization for...
26 October, 2022
(Spain/Spanish) Article from National Geographic Spain highlighting CERN's work and its impact on...
7 October, 2022
(UK/ English) CSEM is coordinating a high-profile EU-funded project to enhance the performance of...
2 October, 2022
(France / French) Interview with Giovanni Anelli, Group Leader of the Knowledge Transfer group at...
2 August, 2022
(France / French) The protection of the astronauts against radiation is one of the main challenges...
28 June, 2022
(Switzerland / English) The European research institute CERN and technology company ABB have entered...
24 June, 2022