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Next stop on the circle line: FCC Week 2023

The FCC Week 2023 brought together more than 470 collaborators from all over the world to plan the submission of the project’s mid-term review to the CERN's Council.

Issue 44
07 July, 2023

MuCol, a design study for a Muon collider complex at 10 TeV centre of mass

Started in March, the MuCol programme will help selecting the next large collider to be built in Europe.

Issue 44
05 July, 2023

New measurement technique to probe the inside of a cryostat

Capable of better tracking the position of cold masses inside their cryostat, the new technique tested at Fermilab will equip all the HL-LHC's triplet quadrupoles and crab cavities.

Issue 44
05 July, 2023

HTS4 project explores superconducting options for the FCC-ee

A new FCC-ee collaboration is another attempt to minimise energy consumption by replacing normal conducting sectors with high-temperature-superconducting ones, all within the same cost envelope.

Issue 44
05 July, 2023

Building a legacy for the CERN Accelerator School

As the CERN Accelerator School turns 40, its former director, Hermann Schmickler, tells us how the school evolved into a modern institution.

Issue 44
05 July, 2023

Accelerator physicists win Enrico Fermi Prize 2023

The 2023 Enrico Fermi Prize of the Italian Physical Society (SIF) has been awarded to Massimo Ferrario, Lucio Rossi and Frank Zimmermann for their outstanding contributions to accelerator technologies.

Issue 44
01 July, 2023

HL-LHC IT String steadily advances towards commissioning

Sound advancements made on the HL-LHC IT String as key equipment is now installed on the metallic platform.

Issue 44
24 May, 2023

Simon van der Meer Early Career Award in Novel Accelerators

Sponsored by the European Network for Novel Accelerators, the Simon van der Meer Award recognises outstanding early career contributions (theoretical, experimental, computational or technical) in novel accelerator science

Issue 43
11 April, 2023

HEARTS innovates to foster European access to space

The EU-funded project HEARTS aims at providing access to high-energy heavy ion radiation testing facilities for space exploitation and space exploration.

Issue 44
05 April, 2023

Estimating the local impact of Large Research Infrastructure procurement

Upon looking at the procurement of superconducting RF cavities, this first study demonstrates the positive impact of Big Science projects on local economic development

Issue 43
15 March, 2023