Students and researchers in Serbia to re-use CERN computers
Posted by Dan Noyes on 5 Dec 2012. Last updated 6 Dec 2012, 10.44.The CERN computer centre has some 10,000 computers that need to be upgraded every four to five years. Decommissioned computers that are...
View ArticleSign up for 2nd Raspberry Pi Jam at CERN
Posted by Dan Noyes on 13 Dec 2012. Last updated 14 Dec 2012, 10.16.On the back of last October's successful Raspberry Pi "Jam", CERN will be hosting another event on 19 January 2013 to showcase the...
View ArticleDutch high-school students analyse ATLAS event data
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 13 Dec 2012. Last updated 14 Dec 2012, 14.01.In summer this year, high-school physics teacher Paul de Haas from Kandinsky College in Nijmegen in the Netherlands visited...
View ArticleApply now for 2013 European School of High-Energy Physics
Posted by Dan Noyes on 11 Jan 2013. Last updated 15 Feb 2013, 11.51.The European School of High-Energy Phycics is targeted at students in experimental high-energy physics who are in the final years of...
View ArticleFive days left to apply for CERN's Summer Student Programme
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 23 Jan 2013. Last updated 23 Jan 2013, 11.46.Summer students sit by the Globe of Science and Innovation on a sunny day at CERN in 2010 (Image: CERN)There are only five days...
View ArticleApply now for Google Science Fair 2013
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 30 Jan 2013. Last updated 6 Feb 2013, 10.38.Today marks the start of the third annual Google Science Fair, in partnership with CERN, National Geographic, LEGO and...
View ArticleWorking in Switzerland? Register for FameLab
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 5 Feb 2013. Last updated 13 Feb 2013, 12.48.The Swiss heats of FameLab will take place on Saturday 16 March 2013 in the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN.Deadline for...
View ArticleThe computing school where students teach
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 11 Feb 2013. Last updated 12 Feb 2013, 09.59.In February, for the 6th time since 2005, the CERN School of Computing is organizing its inverted school.The 'inverted' School...
View ArticleStudents of the world unite – to analyze LHC data
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 26 Feb 2013. Last updated 26 Feb 2013, 16.47.The 9th International Masterclasses in particle physics kicked off today.Every year, more than 10,000 high school students in...
View ArticleStudents teach at 'inverted' school of computing
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 26 Feb 2013. Last updated 26 Feb 2013, 17.01.We’ve all been in classes where we already know the lesson being taught, and sometimes we know it better than the teacher. Most...
View ArticlePolish high-school students find inspiration at CERN
Posted by Cian O'Luanaigh on 12 Mar 2013. Last updated 12 Mar 2013, 16.07.
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Try a slice of Raspberry Pi at Fêtons LINUX
Cian O'LuanaighThe Raspberry Pi (Image: Creative commons)A team from CERN will be showcasing the diminutive Raspberry Pi computer from 1pm to 7pm at the Fêtons LINUX event in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27...
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Marking over 50 years of Franco-German cooperation
Corinne PralavorioHorst Wenninger explains the Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) project to young French and German pupils underneath the bubble chamber itself, which is on display in the garden of...
View ArticleJust 20 days to go – apply now for the Google Science Fair
Kate Kahle(Video: Google Science Fair)After its launch on 30 January, the Google Science Fair 2013 has been making waves around the globe. Young people aged 13-18 have been exploring an area of science...
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Find a Higgs boson in LHC public data
Kelly IzlarMuons (red lines) fly out from a collision in this event display from the CMS detector (Image: CMS/CERN)In the past few years, the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)...
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EU commissioner meets Marie Curie researchers at CERN
Marina GiampietroResearchers supported by Marie-Curie-Actions fellowships explain their research to commissioner Vassiliou (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)Today Androulla Vassiliou, commissioner for...
View ArticleEarthquakes, Big Data and the Higgs boson at TEDxCERN today
The inaugural TEDxCERN event, themed "Multiplying Dimensions" kicks off at CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation today.Going beyond particle physics, TEDxCERN, organized with the generous support of...
View ArticleExploration on the Big Data frontier
Cian O'Luanaigh(Video: Tim Smith/TED-Ed)For over 50 years, CERN has been tackling the torrents of data produced by its accelerators and experiments. Data-storage tools and techniques have evolved over...
View ArticleDark matter: The matter we can't see
(Video: James Gillies/TED-Ed)Invisible dark matter makes up most of the universe – but we can only detect it from its gravitational effects. For the animation above, CERN head of communications James...
View ArticleWhat happened to antimatter?
(Video: Rolf Landua/TED-Ed)Particles come in pairs, which is why there should be an equal amount of matter and antimatter in the universe. Yet, scientists have not been able to detect any in the...
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