Chilean students at CERN Summer School: SAPHIR projects national science to the world
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...
Chile bets on particle physics technicians: SAPHIR and UTFSM present in Concepción the ProTeGi program to promote their participation in international experiments
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...
Chilean engineering and science at CERN: SAPHIR to contribute to the development of detectors for the SHiP experiment
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...
[Opinion] How muons scientify girls. SOURCE: Cooperativa - by: Giovanna Cottin
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)...
Chilean engineering raises its place in CERN: the Mobile Table passes its most demanding test
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...
Atomic Girls 2025: Science, Inclusion and Future from SAPHIR and the UC Institute of Physics
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...
Welcome breakfast marks the start of the 2025 version of the Atomic Girls in Physics UC workshop
This Wednesday, June 26, at 11:15 a.m., at the Physics Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a welcome breakfast was held for the 30 selected participants of the Atomic Girls 2025 program, an initiative led by the researchers of the...
SAPHIR Millennium Institute strengthens ties with the University of Chile in meeting with employers
The Millennium Institute of Subatomic Physics at the High Energy Frontier (SAPHIR) participated in the 1st Meeting with Employers in Engineering and Science organized by the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (FCFM) of the University of Chile, held in...
Chilean delegation visits CERN with participation of SAPHIR team
Last Wednesday, June 11, 2025, an official Chilean delegation headed by the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Dr. Giorgio Boccardo, paid an institutional visit to CERN, the European particle physics laboratory located in Geneva, Switzerland....
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