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On December 4, 2025, Marco Acosta, a student in the Group of Applied Superconductivity, successfully defended his master’s thesis. Supervised by Prof. Carmine Senatore and co-supervised by Francesco Lonardo, his thesis was titled “Deep Learning-Based Grain Segmentation and Characterization of...

CHART (Swiss Accelerator Research and Technology), established in 2015, serves as a collaborative platform for accelerator research and technology initiatives in Switzerland. Its current partners include CERN, PSI, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the University of Geneva.

CERN hosted the second edition of the Workshop on High Temperature Superconductors for Accelerator Technology (HiTAT) on October 23–24, 2025. The workshop focused on the latest advancements in REBCO coated conductor technology for use in accelerator magnets, with applications spanning from post...

The 17th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS 2025) took place in Porto, Portugal, from September 21st to 25th, 2025. The event attracted over 1’200 delegates from around the world, making it the major gathering for experts in the field of this year. Attendees had the...

Pablo Cayado, a former member of the Group of Applied Superconductivity as part of a collaborative project between the University of Geneva and Bruker BioSpin on High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for NMR applications, has been awarded a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, one of the most prestigious...

The 29th International Magnet Technology Conference (MT-29) took place in Boston, MA, USA, from July 1st to 6th, 2025, gathering over 600 experts and researchers from around the globe. The conference served as a key platform for the latest advancements in magnet technology and applied...

The PEPR SupraFusion (Priority Equipment Program for Exploratory Research) is an ambitious scientific initiative, supported by the France 2030 investment plan with a total budget of €50 million over five years. This national strategy is designed to foster innovation, industrial competitiveness,...

Celia LUCAS, PhD student in the group of Applied Superconductivity with a position funded by Innosuisse, was awarded the Best Student Award at the 2025 Coated Conductor for Applications Workshop (CCA-2025). Her work, titled "Delamination of REBCO Tapes Induced by Electromagnetic Forces: An...

The 2025 Coated Conductor for Applications Workshop (CCA-2025) took place from March 11 to March 13 in Geneva, hosted by CERN and the University of Geneva. This event attracted experts from all over the world, with over 150 attendees gathering to discuss the latest advancements in REBCO coated...

The High Field Magnet (HFM) Annual Meeting 2025 took place from February 10 to 12, 2025, at CERN. The HFM R&D Programme, initiated by CERN in response to the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics, focuses on developing the next generation of accelerator magnets for future...

The Executive Committee (ExCo) of the International Energy Agency’s Technology Collaboration Program on High-Temperature Superconductors (IEA HTS TCP) convened for its fall meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, from October 29 to 31, 2024. The event was hosted at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology...

The 2024 edition of the GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar includes an invited contribution on superconductivity and its applications (here the link) by Prof. Carmine Senatore. This piece emphasizes the transformative role of superconductor technology in revolutionizing energy efficiency, advancing...

CERN hosted the 5th technology workshop of the  Physics Beyond Collider Study Group on September 25 and 26, 2024. The event focused on current and future applications of superconducting technologies in physics experiments.

The annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society took place from September 9 to 13, 2024 at the Campus Zentrum of the ETH Zürich.

Tommaso BAGNI, a former postdoc in the Group of Applied Superconductivity and now a superconducting magnet engineer at Gauss Fusion, has been awarded the 1st prize at the 2024 Jan Evetts Award. The winners were announced at the ASC 2024 conference.

Prof. Carmine SENATORE was invited to give a plenary lecture entitled “Advancing Superconductor Technology for High-Field Applications: Current State and Emerging Trends” at the International Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, ICEC29-ICMC 2024.

The Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) took place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Seattle (USA) from September 1st to 6th (ASC2024 website). ASC, with more than 1’500 delegates, is the one of the most important event in the field of applied superconductivity. Our group...

The 2024 Swiss Workshop on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties (SWM 2024) is the 13th edition of a series of workshops organized by the MaNEP association. As a tradition, the meeting was held in Les Diablerets, VD from August 14 to 16, 2024.