CERN Impact

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CERN updates its Open Hardware Licence

Version 2.0 of the CERN Open Hardware Licence has been released, introducing three variants meant to cater to different collaborative models

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12 March, 2020
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12 March, 2020

How particle physics could prevent financial fraud

A new collaboration agreement sees CERN data analytics used to help protect commodity and financial markets from fraud

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20 February, 2020
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20 February, 2020

World’s first proton treatment of a cardiac pathology

A cancer therapy synchrotron that CERN helped to establish has treated a patient with ventricular arrhythmia for the first time

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14 February, 2020
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14 February, 2020

Medipix: Two decades of turning technology into applications

The story of how detector components ended up in medical imaging, in art restoration and even in space

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18 October, 2019
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18 October, 2019

Enabling hadron therapy in south-east Europe

A new facility following the founding principles of CERN begins its design phase

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24 September, 2019
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24 September, 2019

HEP’s contributions to medtech published in WIPO report

WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2019 highlights knowledge transfer from fundamental research to medical applications

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29 July, 2019
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29 July, 2019

Using CERN magnet technology in innovative cancer treatment

A new “gantry” design using CERN magnet technology has the potential to revolutionise hadron therapy

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27 November, 2018
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27 November, 2018

First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology

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17 July, 2018
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17 July, 2018

Using CERN technology for medical challenges

A healthcare kit for remote conditions and a screening system for anti-cancer pharmaceuticals are the winners of the first CERN Medtech:Hack

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08 May, 2018
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08 May, 2018

Particle physics on the brain

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

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30 January, 2018
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30 January, 2018

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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09 November, 2017
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09 November, 2017