CERN Alumni Weekly News | BioDynaMo, CERN Alumni Advent Calendars and EU Funded-Challenge for Students
CERN alumni from around the world have shared their best wishes for the holiday season with us. Take a look at the advent messages we received from Germany, India, UK, Nepal and many others: http://cern.ch/go/9Vkd
BioDynaMo (Biology Dynamics Modeller), an open-source software platform for creating, running and visualising all kinds of 3D agent-based simulations, launched by CERN openlab in 2015, is currently seeking new applications: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/biodynamo-modelling-platform-accelerates-biological-simulation-and-more
CERN, the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois(CHUV) and THERYQ (ALCEN group) have signed an agreement for the development of a revolutionary FLASH radiotherapy device that will use very high-energy electrons (VHEE) to treat cancers that are resistant to conventional treatments, with greatly reduced side effects: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/knowledge-sharing/cern-chuv-and-theryq-join-forces-world-first-cancer-radiotherapy
The SM18 test facility was originally built to test and validate the magnets and radiofrequency (RF) cavities of LEP (the Large Electron–Positron Collider). It has since seen over 1700 such components pass through it – including, of course, those of the LHC – and is now preparing to welcome the magnets and RF cavities of the future HL-LHC: https://home.cern/news/news/engineering/sm18-test-facility-hl-lhc-era
Increasing cross-talk between different communities will be of great advantage to the endeavour of quantum gravity, even if there is no explicit convergence in fundamental perspectives, argue Bianca Dittrich and Daniele Oriti: https://cerncourier.com/a/joining-forces-for-quantum-gravity/
Finally, we invite students to take part in an EU-funded challenge to imagine new multidisciplinary solutions to address environmental issues by using particle accelerators. This challenge will be tackled by multidisciplinary teams invited to stay, all expenses covered, for 10 days at the European Scientific Institute (ESI) on the France-Geneva border: https://home.cern/news/announcement/knowledge-sharing/how-can-particle-accelerators-address-environmental-issues-10
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The CERN Alumni Relations team