Category: Societal Applications
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CERN accelerates medical applications
CERN’s CLEAR facility investigates novel medical applications of electron beams and the resilience of electronics in space. A short walk away on the CERN site, MEDICIS is developing
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CERN and fusion energy, advancing together
On 10 September 2025, CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) signed a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological development
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International students complete challenge to find innovative medical solutions with accelerator technologies
A group of international students has successfully completed a challenge to come up with unique ways in which particle accelerator technologies can be used to solve some of healthcare’s most pressing issues today, as part of the I.FAST project’s fourth Challenge Based Innovation (CBI) event.
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IPAC 2025: NIMMS Showcases Medical Accelerator Innovations
The NIMMS (Next Ion Medical Machine Study) team from CERN made a strong impression at IPAC 2025, the world’s premier conference on particle accelerator technology. Hosted annually, IPAC brings together experts from research, and industry to explore cutting-edge developments in accelerator science.
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Electron Accelerators: How CERN is Driving Their Use Within and Beyond Physics
Hidden next to the PS, the CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) is running a unique experimental facility, designed to explore and advance accelerator technologies with a wide range of scientific and industrial applications.
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Improving Hospital Recovery: MARCHESE Builds a New Prototype
Monitoring vital signs is essential in hospitals worldwide. While contact-based devices usually pose no challenges, they can cause pain or be unusable in sensitive cases, such as with burn victims or newborns.
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Work underway at CERN test stand to adapt pre-injector accelerator technologies for medical and societal uses
A team from around Europe is working on projects linked to using compact particle accelerators for applications such as cancer therapy and art diagnostics
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Boosting Europe’s Space Radiation Testing Capabilities
The global space economy is today worth over $500 billion as state and private actors unlock more potential every year, with applications ranging from satellite communication, navigation, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, as well as space-based research and exploration.
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White Rabbit Collaboration: A Year of Growth, Innovation, and Industry Adoption
From eight founding partners to 18 members in just a year, the White Rabbit (WR) Collaboration has proven the interest of industry and public entities in joining forces to exploit, maintain and develop the open-source
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Detecting Marine Plastic Pollution with Edge AI Technology
Around eight to ten million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year. For context, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest Egyptian pyramid, weighs approximately six million tonnes.