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August 27, 2014
Preserving three decades of Tevatron data

As the magnitude of scientific experiments — both in cost and in labor — increase, the need for a common forum of usable data is amplified. Read about the Run II Data Preservation Project, an effort to preserve data resulting from the Tevatron’s three-decade legacy.

July 9, 2014
CERN and UNESCO celebrate anniversary of CERN Convention

Last week, in a ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, CERN and UNESCO commemorated the signature of the CERN Convention and the subsequent 60 years of science for peace.

October 9, 2013
Nobel prize for physics — the role of the grid

Image courtesy Maximilien Brice/CERN.

September 12, 2012
Rolling in the Higgs

Today marks the 10-week anniversary of the 4-July announcement that a particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson had been discovered at CERN. So, what better way to celebrate than with this great tune from A Capella Science...

August 15, 2012
How grid computing helped CERN hunt the Higgs

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past month, you're almost certainly aware that on 4 July scientists at CERN announced they had discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. However, what you may not know is that distributed computing played a crucial role in the race towards this discovery.

March 16, 2011
A physics masterclass for the masses

Have you ever wanted to know what it is like to work on particle physics research at CERN? Now, you can: all you need is a PC and an online tool called MINERVA.