Category: Success Story
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Research as a peace project
SESAME synchrotron in Jordan ready to start The laws of particle physics apply regardless of place and time, but the laws can’t be explored or their applications studied equally well in any location. Particularly in poorer countries, cost-intensive research projects face big challenges. Against this background, there is a ray of hope that the first…
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Particle Physics for everyone
The European Research Centre for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva is currently working on making the measurement data from four large-scale experiments available to the public via internet. This form of ‘open science’ benefits particle physicists around the globe, but also students or high school students – for example in Switzerland.
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Touchscreen
CERN was pioneer in breakthrough technologies, such as touchscreen for SPS in 1973
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CLOUD experiment for climate modelling
exploring the influence of cosmic rays on cloud formation in the Earth’s atmosphere giving important input to global climate models
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CERN scientists develop a ventilator
The technical know-how that physicists use in research could soon serve in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. An international team of scientists with strong Swiss participation has developed a ventilator in record time that could help in the future against lung diseases like Corona, especially in countries with a precarious medical infrastructure.