CERN accepts $1bn from private donors towards Future Circular Collider

Good news!

"The CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva has received $1bn from private donors towards the construction of the Future Circular Collider (FCC). The cash marks the first time in the lab’s 72-year history that individuals and philanthropic foundations have agreed to support a major CERN project. If built, the FCC would be the successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where the Higgs boson was discovered. ..."

CERN accepts $1bn in private cash towards Future Circular Collider – Physics World "Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next collider project"