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The next generation of scientific computing

Leaders from academia and industry came together last week at CERN to discuss the IT requirements for the next generation of research infrastructures

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Computing
06 February, 2013
Computing
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06 February, 2013

CERN and Oracle celebrate 30 years of collaboration

In addition to providing hardware and software to CERN for three decades, Oracle has now been involved in the CERN openlab project for 10 years

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Computing
04 February, 2013

Heavy metal: Refilling the lead source for the LHC

Every two weeks, ion-source physicist Detlef Küchler refills the lead source for the LHC with pure lead 208

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Accelerators
04 February, 2013
Accelerators
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04 February, 2013

Standing on the shoulders of software developers

Ensuring scientific software stays citable and sustainable

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Computing
31 January, 2013

AEgIS completes installation

The recently installed AEgIS experiment will examine the effect of gravity on antimatter

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Physics
29 January, 2013
Physics
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29 January, 2013

Superconductivity leads the way to high luminosity

Work is progressing on new technologies that would under pin an upgrade of the LHC in 10 year’s time

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Engineering
28 January, 2013
Engineering
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28 January, 2013

Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

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Physics
25 January, 2013

Helix Nebula project passes proof-of-concept

Now half way through its pilot phase, the Helix Nebula project is moving ahead with new organizations coming on board

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Computing
24 January, 2013
Computing
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24 January, 2013

Students! Apply now for CERN's Summer Student Programme

There are only five days left to apply for the chance to join CERN as a summer student in Geneva, and work on some of the world's biggest experiments

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At CERN
23 January, 2013

ALICE scrutinizes proton-lead run for quark-gluon plasma

The ALICE experiment will be watching the collisions closely to tease out the effects of lead ions from the effects of the plasma

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Accelerators
22 January, 2013
Accelerators
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22 January, 2013