CERN Secures $1 Billion in Private Donations for Future Circular Collider Project
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Summary
CERN has received $1 billion in private donations for its Future Circular Collider project, marking a significant shift in funding for particle physics research. The funding comes as Mark Thomson takes over as director-general of CERN. The article discusses the challenges of securing public funding for large-scale scientific projects and how private philanthropy is becoming increasingly important for fundamental research. The Future Circular Collider is planned to be a 91-kilometer circular collider that would succeed the Large Hadron Collider, with construction potentially starting in the 2030s.
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The funding comes as Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab
The Future Circular Collider is planned to be a 91-kilometer circular collider that would succeed the Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN will shut down later this year to make way for a major upgrade – the High-Luminosity LHC
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