AWAKE is CERN's plasma wakefield accelerator, a new breed of collider that can study fundamental physics in new ways. AWAKE's project lead Edda Gschwendtner explains how wakefield accelerators work https://www.newscientist.com/article/2360299-the-cern-particle-accelerator-that-will-breathe-new-life-into-physics/ | New Scientist

What could #cancer and LEGO bricks possibly have in common? It turns out that you can use LEGO to build a decent model of a #radiotherapy treatment machine! And maybe that experience could help cancer patients and their families cope during the treatment journey. In FOCUS, read the story of an Elekta employee, Jennifer Anthony, and her creative LEGO-master son ➡️ https://bit.ly/3E2TdOR #radonc #radiotherapy #cancertreatment #WeBuildHope | Elekta

Linac 4 has taken over from the retired Linac 2 as the first accelerator in the LHC injection chain! It has reached its first milestone to inject particles at an energy of 160 MeV and will contribute to an #LHC luminosity increase by 2021. Read more: https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-celebrates-completion-linac-4-its-brand-new-linear-particle | CERN