In the presence of Berset: Cern opens new visitor center

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Berset said at the opening at Cern: “Let this portal to science be the place of a smooth transition to career choice for the future.” Italian physicist and CERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti said that science is the key to a sustainable future. In the future, CERN will be able to receive up to half a million visitors per year instead of 125,000.

The building consists of oversized recessed tubes connected to a glass bridge over a street. The tubes are reminiscent of the world’s largest research machine, located in the same place a hundred meters underground: the 27-kilometer-long ring-shaped particle accelerator through which Cern explores the universe. “The building looks like a spaceship about to land,” said Italian architect Renzo Piano (86).

The particle accelerator simulates the time shortly after the Big Bang, the birth of the universe approximately 14 billion years ago. Researchers are searching for the fundamental laws of the universe. To do this, proton beams are collided at practically the speed of light in order to observe decay processes. The materials and processes developed for experiments at Cern benefit the world. These include particularly powerful solar panels, touch screen technology, and imaging procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The World Wide Web was also invented there.

The enormous dimensions of the particle accelerator, with mannequins and visual effects, can be seen in the 8,000 square meter Science Gateway. Visitors can gain hands-on experience in many locations, for example to discover the properties of magnets.

(SDA)

Source : Blick