As the head of IT at Cern, Wolfgang Von Rueden and his team provide the computing backbone that supports the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator’s hunt for the elusive “God particle.” Few CIOs could claim to have helped recreate the Big Bang at work. But as head…
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Cern is planning to build a new computing hub in France, because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. The lab cracking data from the Cern Large Hadron Collider experiment needs a new computing hub because its existing one is sucking the power grid dry. …
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The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world’s largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday….
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The world’s largest machine will switch on for the biggest scientific experiment of the 21st century on Wednesday morning. Early Wednesday morning, scientists at Cern turned on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time. Within one hour, a particle beam had been successfully circulated through the machine. …
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In a tunnel under the Franco-Swiss border, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator passed its final test run before its full-fledged attempt on September 10. Pre-initiation testing of the Large Hadron Collider has now been completed, ahead of the particle accelerator’s official launch on September 10. …
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