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Breaking data records bit by bit
In October 2017 the CERN data centre broke its own record for data storage when it collected 12.3 petabytes of data over a single month
Explore CERN in the world of Minecraft
UK school groups have recreated the ATLAS detector in the gaming platform Minecraft
Energy: making research infrastructures part of the solution
The fourth Energy for Sustainable Science Workshop took place in the end of November at the Extreme Light Infrastructure’s Magurele-Bucharest campus
LHC Report: An eventful and successful 2017
Now that the successful 2017 run has ended, let’s take a look back at a year full of events
A 350-metre-tall tower to purify argon
CERN is participating in ARIA, a project to build a 350-metre column to produce extra-pure argon to be used in a dark-matter search experiment
Opinion: So you want to communicate science?
Sijbrand de Jong explains why even the busiest physicists can find time to help inspire and educate the next generation
Show don’t tell - LHCreate asks why
Participants in the annual LHCreate workshop presented their most recent exciting ideas during a two-day event at IdeaSquare
CERN hosts major international fire and rescue meeting
Some 20 leading firefighters from 13 countries came to CERN from 15 to 19 November for a meeting of experts on fires involving hazardous materials
Why you got a new PDF reader
Software of high quality that is well programmed, with best-practice security principles in mind, is harder to exploit
Crab cavities: colliding protons head-on
The crab cavities, a new technology to brighten up the future, will play an important role in the High-Luminosity LHC