Category: Environment
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CERN’s role in international cooperation
In 2025, CERN expertise, technologies and methods were actively shared with partner institutions, industry, and international organisations. Collaborations involved supporting large-scale research infrastructures, enabling new applications, and accelerating innovation in fields ranging from healthcare to space and fusion energy to quantum technologies and environmental sustainability, among others.
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Coordinating CERN’s contribution to advancing fusion technology
CERN consolidated its years-long collaboration with the fusion community through the creation of the Fusion Technology Coordination Unit (FTCU). It acts as a bridge between several CERN departments each with different expertise, and guides collaboration between CERN and both public institutions and private companies.
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CERN-developed technology monitoring radiation onboard International Space Station
A radiation monitor built using CERN technology was installed onboard the International Space Station in June 2025. The Scalable Radiation Monitor, made by Polish company SigmaLabs, uses CERN’s SpaceRadMon NG.
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CERN and Airbus UpNext expand collaboration
CERN and Airbus UpNext are exploring the potential of hydrogen-powered aircraft with the ultimate aim of reducing the emissions associated with the aviation sector. The collaboration stems from joint efforts to integrate high-temperature superconducting technology into the design of a hydrogen-powered aircraft.
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CERN showcases projects with environmental applications
CERN researchers contribute to many projects that aim to find technological solutions to environmental problems, from fusion power to distributing renewable energy and developing clean aviation. These collaborations are all part of the CERN Innovation Programme for Environmental Applications.