CERN Impact

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CERN technology helps rediscover lost painting by Raphael

CERN’s Timepix particle detectors, developed by the Medipix2 Collaboration, help unravel the secret of a long-lost painting by the great Renaissance master, Raphael

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Knowledge sharing
21 September, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
21 September, 2020

CERN and CHUV collaborate on a pioneering new cancer radiotherapy facility

CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment

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Knowledge sharing
15 September, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
15 September, 2020

CERN and the LHC experiments’ computing resources in the global research effort against COVID-19

As time moves on and the community gets organised, new computing-related solutions and collaborations unfold to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

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Computing
02 September, 2020

White Rabbit, a CERN-born technology, sets a new global standard

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has incorporated the White Rabbit technology into its industry standard, maximising its adoption by industry and other partners

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Knowledge sharing
26 June, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
26 June, 2020

Electricity transmission reaches even higher intensities

A superconducting electrical transmission line developed for the High-Luminosity LHC has set a new intensity record

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Accelerators
24 June, 2020

An International Review for the High Energy Ventilator

On 23 April, an international expert committee convened to review the HEV ventilator and advise the team developing it on the necessary next steps to deploy the ventilator in the global fight against COVID-19

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At CERN
29 April, 2020

CERN contributes computers to combatting COVID-19

CERN and LHC computing sites are supporting the Folding@home volunteer-computing initiative

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At CERN
24 April, 2020

Open Science against COVID-19: how Zenodo and OpenAIRE support the scientists

Zenodo and OpenAIRE are contributing to the European Commission call for action with what they do best – preserving and sharing all COVID-19-related datasets, software, preprints and other research objects

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Computing
22 April, 2020

CERN technologies contribute to openUp2U, a learning platform for schools in Europe

The free remote-learning platform enables continued learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

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At CERN
15 April, 2020

CERN delivers protective equipment to local communities

As part of the “CERN against COVID-19” initiative, CERN has produced and delivered personal protective equipment to local organisations in the front line

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At CERN
15 April, 2020

CERN laser technology used for telecommunications

A Dutch start-up will deploy structured laser beam technology in mobile telecommunication networks

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Knowledge sharing
09 April, 2020
Knowledge sharing
News
09 April, 2020

Initiatives from the CERN community in global fight against COVID-19

The “CERN against COVID-19” taskforce, which coordinates the actions, has received hundreds of suggestions to contribute to the efforts to curb the pandemic

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At CERN
08 April, 2020