{"id":38226,"date":"2026-06-06T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=38226"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:25:40","slug":"five-student-teams-win-cern-beamline-competition-record-712-entries-from-89-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/five-student-teams-win-cern-beamline-competition-record-712-entries-from-89-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Student Teams Win CERN Beamline Competition, Record 712 Entries from 89 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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GENEVA<\/strong> \u2013 Five teams of secondary school students from India, T\u00fcrkiye, the UK, the United States and Bangladesh have been selected to conduct experiments using particle accelerator beams at CERN, DESY and the University of Bonn, organisers said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winners of the 13th edition of the Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition were chosen from a record 712 proposals submitted by more than 4,500 students across 89 countries, CERN said. The number of entries rose 40% from last year, with 38% of participants being schoolgirls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s \u201cattoPION\u201d and T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s \u201cPionIST 3\u201d teams will travel to CERN in August to carry out their experiments. The UK\u2019s \u201cMobile MIPs\u201d and the US \u201cCentauri Stars\u201d will work at DESY in Hamburg, while Bangladesh\u2019s \u201cPOLARIS\u201d will conduct research at the University of Bonn\u2019s ELSA accelerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCERN\u2019s mission has always been to advance science and inspire the generation that will carry it forward,\u201d said Ursula Bassler, CERN\u2019s Director for Stakeholder Relations. \u201cThis year\u2019s successful participation shows that interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is growing all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BL4S programme, launched in 2014, allows school teams to propose experiments using accelerator beamlines. DESY has hosted winners since 2019, while Bonn joined in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beate Heinemann, Chair of DESY\u2019s Board of Directors, said she was \u201cthrilled to see this enthusiasm for research\u201d as the Hamburg facility prepares to welcome two teams. Klaus Desch, head of the Bonn accelerator, praised the \u201ccuriosity and teamwork\u201d of the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winning experiments range from testing CMOS sensors in mobile phones as particle detectors to studying pion interactions and Cherenkov radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The competition is funded through the CERN & Society Foundation and supported by donors including Rolex\u2019s Perpetual Planet Initiative and the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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