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Meet Steinar Stapnes, Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project leader, in the first of our Knowledge Transfer spotlight series
CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment
A cancer therapy synchrotron that CERN helped to establish has treated a patient with ventricular arrhythmia for the first time
A new facility following the founding principles of CERN begins its design phase
WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2019 highlights knowledge transfer from fundamental research to medical applications
A new “gantry” design using CERN magnet technology has the potential to revolutionise hadron therapy
At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms
A healthcare kit for remote conditions and a screening system for anti-cancer pharmaceuticals are the winners of the first CERN Medtech:Hack
Methods from theoretical physics are shedding light on the brain’s circuitry
Marilena Streit-Bianchi reminisces about her role in the first PET (positron-emission tomography) image taken at CERN