Tag: CERN Impact
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CERN entrepreneurship highlighted in global innovation report
The Global Innovation Index (GII) looks at innovation across 139 economies using 79 indicators and asks how economies can turn scientific breakthroughs into scalable ventures. CERN contributed to the latest edition of the report, launched on 29 September and entitled Powering entrepreneurs at the frontier of science, with a paper on CERN Venture Connect (CVC),
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CERN’s AI innovation recognised at Digital@UNGA Awards 2026
CAFEIN®, CERN’s federated learning artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has been recognised as runner-up in the Digital Frontiers category at the Digital@UNGA Awards 2026. The award celebrates pioneering initiatives that responsibly use emerging technologies to address global challenges and contribute to a more inclusive digital future. Originally developed at CERN to respond efficiently to the complex data challenges of particle
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New study highlights CERN’s socio-economic contributions as a global research hub
The newly published study Assessment of the socio-economic benefits of CERN activities reports on CERN’s activities over the past 25 years and highlights a range of socio-economic benefits generated by the Laboratory’s role as a global hub for science, technology and collaboration. The study examines how CERN contributes to scientific, technological, economic and societal outcomes
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Beamline for Schools receives a record number of submissions
Beamline for Schools (BL4S), the education and outreach project aimed at high-school students, received 712 proposals for its 2026 edition. The BL4S team is looking for volunteers from the CERN community to join them!
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Love is in the air at CERN’s HEARTS facility
Successful tests by industry and scientific users at CERN prepare electronic components for the harsh conditions of space
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Heating homes with the world’s largest particle accelerator
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area
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LHC inducted into TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
TIME has chosen the LHC as one of the 25 most iconic inventions from the past 25 years
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White Rabbit meets quantum entanglement
The CERN-born open-source timing technology is being tested for use in quantum networks and secure quantum communication
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Students step up to the I.FAST innovation challenge
International participants of the fourth I.FAST Challenge Based Innovation event were praised for their innovative proposals to find novel medical solutions using particle accelerator technology
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CERN technology showcased in the context of UN Plastic Treaty discussions
AI data analysis techniques developed at CERN were showcased during a side event of INC-5.2 – the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting in Geneva to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution