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CERN gets its own top-level domain and moves the core website to http://home.cern
ROOT, a data-analysis tool set, has helped particle physicists run analyses for years. The developers see a lot of potential for its use in industry
Untangle a rare particle decay from the background in LHCb data and you could win up to $7000
The CERN Data Centre has been upgraded to process the huge amounts of data generated by collisions during Run 2 of the LHC, which starts this week
Donations are helping CERN experts to turn KiCad software into an efficient tool for designing open-source hardware
Could volunteer computing simulate as much data as the LHC generates? Researchers are setting out to answer this question during a 12-day trial
The release of the Open Data Portal is a significant milestone on the road to Open Science, but there is work ahead
CRISTAL-ISE, the latest version of the data-tracking software from CMS, is now freely available for research and business
SWITCH enables collaborators to access online services at participating research institutions in Switzerland with a single username and password
Time spent at CERN has inspired a team of young computer scientists to launch ProtonMail, a new encrypted-email service
CERN openlab today published a White Paper on future IT challenges in scientific research