Young scientists win their way to CERN, DESY and the University of Bonn
From 11 to 25 August, a bit earlier as usual due to Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), CERN, DESY (the German electron synchrotron facility in Hamburg) and ELSA (the electron accelerator at the University of Bonn) welcomed the winners of the 2026 Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition. Launched in 2014 to mark CERN’s 60th anniversary, Beamline for Schools is […]
Three prestigious laboratories, CERN in Switzerland, DESY in Germany, and the University of Bonn in Germany, hosted high school students who triumphed in this year's Beamline for Schools competition. Beamline for Schools is an education and outreach program initiated in 2014 to inspire the scientists of tomorrow by providing a hands-on experience in cutting-edge physics environments.
This year, a total of 712 teams from 89 countries submitted experiment proposals, with more than 4500 high-school students participating. The competition saw a remarkable increase in the number of young women, constituting 38% of the participants.
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