Category: 2025
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Rock out, then geek out: CERN Science Pavilions return to music festivals across Europe
Do you have tickets to any of these music festivals this summer? If so, come and say hello! The CERN Festival Programme is back, and we are excited to welcome this year’s audiences. At Colours of Ostrava, attendees can hear a talk from a Nobel Prize winner. Sonorama ticketholders will have the chance to create…
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Quantum physics to everyday life: shaping society’s future
“If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics” – Richard Feynman, acclaimed physicist In June, the United Nations proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. It marks 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics. But what is quantum mechanics? Expected to have a big impact in the future, and with countless current…
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Beamline for Schools (BL4S): celebrating new milestones
The BL4S competition for high school receives more applications than ever before! Beamline for Schools (BL4S) continues to gain momentum. The competition, which invites high school students to design an experiment to perform at the beamline of an accelerator, celebrated its 10th anniversary back in September. And this year’s edition is reaching more impressive milestones. Excitingly,…
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Martyna Marciniak starts her residency at CERN
The artist and researcher explores the relationships and uncertainties that emerge from cosmic, technological and bodily timescales Polish artist and researcher Martyna Marciniak has begun her residency at CERN as the recipient of the third Collide Copenhagen residency, a programme by Arts at CERN in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary. Marciniak’s interdisciplinary practice combines spatial storytelling,…
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Giulia Bini welcomed as new Curator and Head of Arts at CERN
Giulia Bini will take on the role in May, succeeding Mónica Bello after a decade of leadership ‘Aware of CERN’s renowned history and mission, and of the pioneering international role of Arts at CERN, I am eager to discover the institution further, immerse myself in its extraordinary research, and engage with its current and future…
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Top marks for CERN in 2025 European Physical Society awards
The CERN-led educational programme Beamline for Schools is among the recipients of the 2025 awards of the European Physical Society’s High Energy and Particle Physics Division The 2025 awards of the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS-HEPP) were announced this week and have this year recognised the success of Beamline…
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CERN announces artist selected for the Resonance residency
CERN Announces Artist Selected For The Resonance residency Marion Tampon-Lajarriette has been awarded the inaugural residency of Resonance, a programme run by Arts at CERN in partnership with the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the City of Geneva Arts at CERN has announced that French-Swiss artist Marion Tampon-Lajarriette has been selected for the first edition…
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CERN announces winner of third Collide Copenhagen residency
Martyna Marciniak wins the third edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency organised by Arts at CERN in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary Following an international open call launched in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary in November, Arts at CERN has announced that Polish artist Martyna Marciniak has won the third edition of the Collide Copenhagen residency. Collide is a residency programme organised…
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LHC experiment collaborations receive Breakthrough Prize
The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb collaborations during a ceremony held in Los Angeles on 5 April. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation will donate the $3 million Prize to the CERN & Society Foundation to offer grants for doctoral students to research at CERN. This weekend, the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb collaborations at the Large Hadron…
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CERN Science Gateway welcomes its 500 000th visitor
CERN Science Gateway, a place to explore CERN and science through authentic, innovative and inspirational experiences was inaugurated in October 2023. Since then, it has seen thousands of visitors, with almost 30K+ visitors every month. “Science Gateway will be a place where scientists and the public can interact daily. For me, personally, Science Gateway is…