As CERN turns 70, it looks to finance next big project
Business Standard|September 30, 2024
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the particle physics lab researching the smallest building blocks of the universe, is facing a new challenge: how to fund a $17 billion project to keep it ahead of the competition.
As CERN turns 70, it looks to finance next big project

The world's top nuclear physics hub needs to finance the construction of the Future Circular Collider as its existing particle accelerator -- famed for discovering the Higgs Boson -- edges toward the end of its useful life. But as CERN welcomes European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen and other leaders to its 70th birthday celebrations on Tuesday, its chief must rally cash-strapped European member states to foot the bill.

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