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Surfatron – Bringing the science of plasma accelerators to the classroom

Online activity designed at the University of Liverpool proves successful in engaging schoolchildren with the physics of the novel plasma wakefield accelerator being investigated in AWAKE.

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25 September, 2023

Accelerating circular fashion

What role could particle accelerators play in recycling textile waste?

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25 September, 2023
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25 September, 2023

CERN Accelerator School turns 40: A fusion of education, innovation, and community

The CAS organised a grand event at CERN to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this previous educational community.

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21 September, 2023

Great beginnings for HL-LHC IT String’s cryogenic system cold commissioning

This summer, the cryogenic system of the future magnet test bench passed its first commissioning phase with success

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20 September, 2023

Muon g-2 experiment blurs distinction between accelerator and particle physics

Importance of accelerator science and detailed knowledge about the beam dynamics for the breakthrough Muon g-2 experiment.

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18 September, 2023

Adriatic stop for the I.FAST project

Held in Trieste, Italy, the second annual meeting of the I.FAST project hosted passionate discussion about the progress in machine learning and in superconducting materials.

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27 July, 2023

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.

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07 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.

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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.

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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.

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05 July, 2023