Read article 'Isotopes for precision medicine'
Isotopes for precision medicine
CERN’s MEDICIS facility is producing novel radioisotopes for medical research.
Read article 'Isotopes for precision medicine'
Read article 'The changing landscape of cancer therapy'
The changing landscape of cancer therapy
Proton and ion therapy set to transform global cancer treatment
Read article 'From the web to a start-up near you'
From the web to a start-up near you
The core mission of CERN is fundamental research in particle physics. Yet, as a publicly funded laboratory, it also has a remit to ensure that its technology and expertise deliver prompt and tangible ...
Read article 'CERN’s recipe for knowledge transfer'
CERN’s recipe for knowledge transfer
We want to build a culture of entrepreneurship whereby more people leaving CERN consider starting a business, says Knowledge Transfer head Giovanni Anelli.
Read article 'Get on board with EASITrain'
Get on board with EASITrain
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes won his Nobel prize back in 1913 two years after the discovery of superconductivity; Georg Bednorz and Alexander Müller won theirs in 1987, just a year after discovering high-t...
Read article 'Europe enters the extreme X-ray era'
Europe enters the extreme X-ray era
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser will probe electronic, chemical and biological processes in unprecedented detail.
Read article 'Discovering diamonds'
Discovering diamonds
Natural diamonds are old, almost as old as the planet itself. They mostly originated in the Earth’s mantle around 1 to 3.5 billion years ago and typically were brought to the surface during deep and...
Read article 'SESAME sees first beam'
SESAME sees first beam
Late in the evening of 12 January, a beam of electrons circulated for the first time in the SESAME light source in Jordan. Following the first single turn, the next steps will be to achieve multi-tur...
Read article 'GSI ions target irregular heartbeat'
GSI ions target irregular heartbeat
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, have demonstrated the feasibility of using carbon ions to treat cardiac arrhythmia, in which abnormal electrical p...
Read article 'Developing medical linacs for challenging regions'
Developing medical linacs for challenging regions
Physicists, oncologists and industry experts are defining the design of a novel linear accelerator that will make radiotherapy more readily available in lower-resourced countries.
