Tag: Czech Republic
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CERN Colour X-ray Technology Set to Save Lives
Geneva, 14 December 2009 Medical studies are soon to start with the MARS scanner, a revolutionary CT scanner developed by the University of Canterbury1, New Zealand. The scanner, which incorporates technology developed at the world’s leading particle physics research centre, CERN2, was recently shipped to research partners in North America. Today a student from Canterbury
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LHC Computing Grid Goes Online
Geneva, 29 September 2003. The world’s particle physics community today announced the launch of the first phase of the LHC computing Grid (LCG). The LCG is designed to handle the unprecedented quantities of data that will be produced by experiments at CERN1‘s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from 2007 onwards. “The LCG will provide a vital
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First Czech industrial exhibition at CERN
Geneva, 11 June 1996. On 7 June, Mr Radomir Sabela, Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic together with CERN Director General Prof. Chris Llewellyn Smith formally opened the first ever exhibition of Czech hi-tech companies at CERN1. Mr Sabela stressed that the exhibition will hopefully prove that the Czech Republic, despite
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CERN prepares its Future
Geneva, 25 June 1993. Hubert Curien elected President of CERN Council The CERN Council, where the representatives of the 17 Member States of the Organization* decide on CERN's scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 97th Session on June 25 under the chairmanship of Sir William Mitchell (United Kingdom). The Council delegates elected Hubert Curien,