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Participants and spectators at the heavy-ion fireball

How ALICE finds out how much of a heavy ion takes part in a collision

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Experiments
02 May, 2013

The Large Hadron Collider's worldwide computer

Behind the excellent results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) lies the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid – a giant that never sleeps

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Computing
01 May, 2013

ALPHA: Novel investigation of gravity and antimatter

The ALPHA collaboration has published a paper describing the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity

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Physics
30 April, 2013

CERN celebrates 20 years of a free, open web

Press release
At CERN
30 April, 2013
At CERN
Press release
30 April, 2013

Twenty years of a free, open web

On 30 April 1993 CERN published a statement that made World Wide Web technology available on a royalty free basis, allowing the web to flourish

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Computing
30 April, 2013
Computing
News
30 April, 2013

Twenty years of a free and open www

Robert Cailliau on the birth of the web, early brainstorming sessions and "how to spread this thing"

Opinion
Computing
30 April, 2013
Computing
Opinion
30 April, 2013

The open internet and the web

Vinton G Cerf, one of the "Fathers of the internet", on the architecture, connectivity and openness of the web

Opinion
Computing
30 April, 2013
Computing
Opinion
30 April, 2013

ALICE: Upgrade work begins

With the long shutdown under way, the ALICE collaboration is preparing for the next 10 years of operation

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Experiments
29 April, 2013
Experiments
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29 April, 2013

LHC electrical tests: Increase the potential

Electrical-quality-assurance testing of superconducting circuits is underway in sector 3-4 of the LHC

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Accelerators
25 April, 2013
Accelerators
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25 April, 2013