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CERN accepts $1B in private cash towards Future Circular Collider

by zeristor on 1/31/2026, 9:58:39 AM

https://physicsworld.com/a/cern-accepts-1bn-in-private-cash-towards-future-circular-collider/

Comments

by: dharma1

“Eric Schmidt, who founded Google” no he didn’t

1/31/2026, 10:40:24 AM


by: user3939382

This should have a $1T budget not a B. We waste <i>so</i> much money on low efficiency computing infrastructure and energy that should be going to this.

1/31/2026, 11:57:50 AM


by: Fh_

These projects are extremely expensive and the findings can alter humanity itself. That&#x27;s why private donors sounds a bit sketchy

1/31/2026, 10:00:21 AM