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Students from MU - Varna Visited the European Organization for Nuclear Research

Students from different specialties from the Bulgarian and English language programmes at MU - Varna visited the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland from 30th March to 8th April 2018.

Traditionally, the delegation got acquainted with the history and mission of the organization and its importance to the society.
The students visited the "heart" of CERN - DATA Centre, where the entire scientific, administrative and computer infrastructure is concentrated. They had the opportunity to get acquainted with one the four main experiments of CERN - ATLAS, as well as with the Antimatter Factory, where the Antiproton Cell Experiment (ACE) experiment is testing the effectiveness and suitability of antiprotons for cancer therapy.

Among the other interesting points in the programme was the SM-18 experiment for testing magnets and instrumentation at low temperature, as well as the lecture delivered by Manjit Dosanjh, Senior Advisor for Medical Applications at CERN.