Giovanna Cottin represents SAPHIR and PUC Physics at the International Conference "Scalars 2025", in Poland.
The associate researcher of the Millennium Institute SAPHIR and academic of the Institute of Physics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Giovanna Cottin, recently participated in the international workshop "Scalars 2025: Higgs Bosons and Cosmology", held at the...
Marco Aurelio Díaz, a trajectory that consolidates ties between Chile and CERN
Professor Marco Aurelio Díaz, an academic at the Institute of Physics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and former associate researcher at the SAPHIR Millennium Institute, has played a key role in consolidating the links between Chile and CERN. After years...
Martín Bastías: a formative experience in SAPHIR and the CTEPP-UNAB laboratory
The SAPHIR Millennium Institute has been the scene of unique formative experiences, such as the one lived by Martín Bastías Görlich during his work in the CTEPP laboratory at Universidad Andrés Bello, under the guidance of Professor Jilberto Zamora, associate researcher...
Building bridges between science and computing: CERN School of Computing comes to Chile
Between January 11 and 24, 2026, the city of Santiago will become the epicenter of international science and technology by hosting the CERN School of Computing - Latin America, which will be held at the Lo Contador Campus of the Pontificia Universidad Católica...
Science comes to the classroom: SAPHIR brings particle physics closer to schoolchildren in the Far North
As part of the scientific outreach activities promoted by the Millennium Institute SAPHIR, last Wednesday, August 27, a day dedicated to particle physics and detector exploration was held at the San Luis School in Antofagasta....
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)...
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