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CERN is publicly funded by its 23 Member States and Associate Member States. Find out below about how this investment creates a positive impact on society.

Success stories

TIM, the Train Inspection Monorail, is a mini vehicle autonomously monitoring the 27-km long LHC tunnel.
Initially developed for use by CERN's radiation protection group and the fire brigade, CERN's B-RAD portable radiation survey meter uses innovative solutions based on silicon photomultipliers to continue operating in the presence of high magnetic fields.
BAQ, a startup using CERN technologies, tackles radon in buildings.
In 2020, the Institute of Global Health (University of Geneva) joined the BioDynaMo collaboration to implement a COVID-19 localised spreading model.
A portable RFQ acclerator expects to open up for new possibilities in art studies.
Two other projects initiated with the support of the CERN Medical Applications budget were quickly adapted to COVID-19 research: CAFEIN and MARCHESE.
The start-up Camstech Ltd joined the STFC-CERN Business Incubation Centre in 2016.
CELESTA stands for CERN Latchup Experiments Student sAtellite and will be the first CERN-driven microsatellite.
The collaboration agreement between CERN and ESA, signed in July 2019, addresses the challenge of operating in harsh radiation environments found in both particle-physics facilities and outer space.

Media Gallery

Recent Media Coverage of CERN's Knowledge Transfer Activities.

CERN identifies potential 17.4% energy savings to meet initiative goal | Control Design

Joint-partnership analysis with ABB helps the particle-physics institute find opportunities to cut...

CERN QTI: Harnessing big science to accelerate quantum innovation | Physics World

CERN.QTI is designed to enhance innovation between the high.energy physics and the quantum...

Deeptech startup founders can now apply to use CERN’s world-famous technologies

(France | English) The birthplace of the World Wide Web is looking for the next transformative...

FLASH radiotherapy creates a stir at ESTRO trade show | Physics World

(English / Physics World) FLASH radiotherapy, in which radiation is delivered at ultrahigh dose...

SuperNode and Cern combine to improve renewable power transmission | The Irish Times

(Ireland|English) SuperNode, the Irish company developing energy transmission technology, and the...

Cultural physics and assets: a compact accelerator for the analysis of the art works

(Italy | Italian) Un acceleratore compatto, portatile e di facile utilizzo per l’analisi di opere d...

Terapet prévoit de lever une dizaine de millions de plus en 2024 | Agefi

(Switzerland| French) In mid-June, Madrid will host the world's radiotherapy players: one of the...

THERYQ : Révolutionner la radiothérapie | Le Figaro

(France | French) L’entreprise THERYQ fabrique des systèmes de radiothérapie « flash », un nouvel...

Entre le CERN et l’université, la physique à Genève donne naissance à une myriade de start-up industrielles|Heidi news

(Switzerland| French) Genève n’ayant pas une école polytechnique sur son territoire, nombre des...