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Cian O'Luanaigh was the web editor in the CERN communications group from 2011-2015.
Tim Smith of the CERN IT department teams up with TED-Ed animators to explain how CERN has tackled its Big Data challenge over the years
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
The Science Museum in London is launching a new exhibition featuring digital detector caverns and magnets from the LHC
The first module of the Compact Linear Collider is being tested at CERN – with neither beam nor radiofrequency system
This week, technicians opened up the first interconnections between LHC magnets to work on accelerator components inside
Today at CERN, physicists and engineers from the LHC-injector accelerators presented their plans for upgrades during long shutdown
The MapCERN application is now available for download on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
The LHC's main magnets operate at temperatures colder than outer space – and it's time to replace the insulation on 1695 interconnections between them
At a seminar at CERN today at 5pm CET, the AMS collaboration will announce its first physics results. Watch the webcast here
A team from CERN will be showcasing the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer at the Fêtons LINUX event in Geneva on 27 April