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Wilton Park: Science, theology and the big bang
Scientists from CERN examined the common ground between science, philosophy and theology at a Wilton Park meeting this week
A summer of (physics) code
This summer, seven young coding wizzes contributed to CERN projects through the Google Summer of Code program
Bringing particle physics to the Frankfurt Book Fair
CERN is showcasing its science at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany from 10-14 October
ESO celebrates its 50th anniversary
The European Southern Observatory, founded on 5 October 1962, has close links with CERN
A major step forward for open-access publishing
Representatives from 29 countries are meeting at CERN today to launch the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
LHC Grid tackles 270-year-old maths problem
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is taking on a mathematical conjecture first written down by Christian Goldbach in 1742
Agnieszka Zalewska elected president of CERN council
The polish physicist will serve for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2013
ATLAS Virtual Visits wins Digital Communication Award
The project was awarded "Best Online Event" at an awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, last week
LHC experiments already planning for long shutdown
ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb are looking ahead to the 20-month shutdown from February 2013
LHC collides protons with lead ions for the first time
The switch - a test for a longer proton-lead run scheduled for January to February 2013 - presented numerous technical challenges