by Patricio Grunert | Aug 21, 2025 | News
Since its beginnings in 1962, when Victor Weisskopf launched an initiative for young university students to participate in research projects during their summer vacations, CERN's Summer Student Programme has become one of the most important and most popular...
by Patricio Grunert | Aug 7, 2025 | News
During a visit to the city of Concepción, the Millennium Institute SAPHIR, in conjunction with the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), presented an ambitious initiative aimed at encouraging the participation of Chilean technicians in experiments in the field of...
by Patricio Grunert | Jul 9, 2025 | News
The SAPHIR Millennium Institute has taken a new strategic step by formalizing a collaboration addendum with CERN, specifically in the framework of the SHiP (Search for Hidden Particles) experiment, one of the European laboratory's most promising projects in its...
by Patricio Grunert | Jul 8, 2025 | Disclosure, News
Muons are elementary particles similar to the electrons in our atoms. But they are not found in atoms. They rain down on us as a cascade of particles from the sky, being generated by the interaction of cosmic rays (such as high-energy protons)...
by Patricio Grunert | Jul 4, 2025 | News
In CERN's subway laboratories, where the deepest mysteries of matter are explored, there is also room for Chilean talent and engineering. A team from the Millennium Institute SAPHIR is actively participating in the NA-64 experiment, collaborating in the...
by Patricio Grunert | Jun 30, 2025 | News
With enthusiasm and a strong commitment to early science education, a new version of the Atomic Girls 2025 workshop was launched, an initiative promoted by academics from the Institute of Physics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and...
