Category: Miscellaneous

CERN publishes an online article for the first research paper in IOP Science by the 2014 BL4S winners CERN is pleased to have published an article in its "Students and Educators" website, regarding the first research paper published in "Physics Education" 2016, the international, scientific journal of the Institute of Physics (IOP) Science, by the…

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BL4S website is now restructured! BL4S Website has been restructured with fewer tabs to be clicked, yet, more material and other offers are now accessible to everyone. Everything you need to know about BL4S is still there! Under the "The Competition" tab, there is all the necessary information in order to join the 2017 BL4S…

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(Almost) the whole world represented in BL4S On 31 March 2017 the submission period ended for the fourth Beamline for Schools competition. In total, 180 teams have sent a proposal for their experiment to CERN. The proposals have rained in from 43 countries across all 5 continents. The most proposals were received from Turkey, with…

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Winners of 2017 Beamline for Schools competition announced! CERN1 today announced the winners of its 2017 Beamline for Schools competition. “Charging Cavaliers” from Canada and “TCO-ASA” from Italy were selected from a total of 180 teams from 43 countries around the world, adding up to about 1500 high-school students. The winners have been selected to…

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CERN announces the fifth edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition CERN is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition. Once again, in 2018, a fully equipped beamline will be made available at CERN for students from all around the world. As in previous years, two teams will be invited…

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Arconic Foundation supports the 2018 Beamline for Schools competition We are happy to announce that for the third consecutive year, CERN Beamline for Schools Competition has received a grant from the Arconic Foundation. Mission of the Arconic Foundation: Advancing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and skills training worldwide, with a special emphasis on…

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Beamline for Schools 2017 – a successful story continues Beamline for Schools 2017 – a successful story continues Can high-school students conduct physics experiments just like real scientists? Two teams of students from Italy and Canada proved that they can. The winners of the 2017 Beamline for Schools Competition, performed their own experiments in 10…

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New MicroMegas tracking detectors successfully used by winners of BL4S 2017 During the course of 2017, in cooperation with the CERN workshop for gaseous detectors, and thanks to the contributions from this year’s BL4S supporters, the BL4S team built 4 MicroMegas detectors. These are state of the art tracking detectors that can also be found…

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Motorola Solutions Foundation supports the 2018 Beamline for Schools Competition We are happy to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, CERN Beamline for Schools Competition has received a grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation. About Motorola Solutions Foundation: The Motorola Solutions Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions. With employees located…

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Winners of BL4S edition 2016 published scientific papers The two winning teams of BL4S edition 2016 finalized scientific papers about their conducted experiments. In September 2016 the teams “Pyramid Hunters” from Poland and “Relatively Special” from the UK have been invited to CERN to use a fully equipped beam line to run their experiments together…

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