Success stories
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TIM, the Train Inspection Monorail, is a mini vehicle autonomously monitoring the 27-km long LHC tunnel.
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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.
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BAQ, a startup using CERN technologies, tackles radon in buildings.
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A portable RFQ acclerator expects to open up for new possibilities in art studies.
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Two other projects initiated with the support of the CERN Medical Applications budget were quickly adapted to COVID-19 research: CAFEIN and MARCHESE.
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The start-up Camstech Ltd joined the STFC-CERN Business Incubation Centre in 2016.
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CELESTA stands for CERN Latchup Experiments Student sAtellite and will be the first CERN-driven microsatellite.
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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.