Special Envoy in Geneva
The first impression is that of some disturbance. In a Geneva-area hangar, a series of electrical wires run and appear tangled along a 40-meter linear structure punctuated by aluminum-clad boxes and pipes. It is obvious that it cannot be relied on. The Clear (Cern Linear Electron Accelerator for Research) facility, located on the Cern (European Organization for Nuclear Research) particle accelerator campus, which is unique in its kind, is state-of-the-art. technologies in the service of scientific and medical innovation.
It is mobilized, among other things, to develop Flash technology, which holds great promise in the treatment of cancer resistant to conventional therapy. “The idea is to treat very quickly with radiation therapy, with a beam of very high-energy electrons.” explains Wilfrid Farabolini, Physicist, Head of Operations at Clear. The particle accelerator he…
Source: Le Figaro
