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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire), known as CERN (see Naming), pronounced /ˈsɜrn/ (French pronunciation: [sɛʀn]), is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border, established in 1954. The... Full Article

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German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), briefs media about the Higgs search, during a press conference at the European Particle Physics laboratory (CERN), in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.
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  1. German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), briefs media about the Higgs search, during a press conference at the European Particle Physics laboratory (CERN), in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), briefs media about the Higgs search, during a press conference at the European Particle Physics laboratory (CERN), in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.

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  2. Visitor to the CERN watch a projection at 'Universe of Particles' exhibition on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the CERN are expected to give an update on their search for the Higgs boson, a elusive subatomic particle that is believed to be a basic building block of the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Visitor to the CERN watch a projection at 'Universe of Particles' exhibition on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the CERN are expected to give an update on their search for the Higgs boson, a elusive subatomic particle that is believed to be a basic building block of the...

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  3. Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), answers journalist's question about the Future perspectives in High-Energy Physics driving facilities for particle physics, during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), answers journalist's question about the Future perspectives in High-Energy Physics driving facilities for particle physics, during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday,...

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  4. Rolf Heuer, right, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atsuto Suzuki, center, Director of KEK, Japan's national laboratory for particle physics and Pier Oddone, Director of Fermilab Chicago answer journalist's question about the Future perspectives in High-Energy... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Rolf Heuer, right, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atsuto Suzuki, center, Director of KEK, Japan's national laboratory for particle physics and Pier Oddone, Director of Fermilab Chicago answer journalist's question about the Future perspectives in High-Energy...

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  5. (L to R) Spokesperson for the Atlas experimence Fabiola Gianotti, director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Rolf-Dieter Heuer and Spokesperson for the CMS experience Guido Tonelli (R) attend a press conference at the CERN on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. ... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    (L to R) Spokesperson for the Atlas experimence Fabiola Gianotti, director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Rolf-Dieter Heuer and Spokesperson for the CMS experience Guido Tonelli (R) attend a press conference at the CERN on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. ...

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  6. Spokesperson for the ATLAS experience Fabiola Gianotti attends a press conference at the CERN on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Physicists said that they had narrowed the search for the elusive sub-atomic Higgs Boson particle that would confirm the way science describes the Universe. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Spokesperson for the ATLAS experience Fabiola Gianotti attends a press conference at the CERN on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Physicists said that they had narrowed the search for the elusive sub-atomic Higgs Boson particle that would confirm the way science describes the Universe.

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  7. A graphic showing traces of collision of particles at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience is pictured with a slow speed experience at Universe of Particles exhibition of the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A graphic showing traces of collision of particles at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience is pictured with a slow speed experience at Universe of Particles exhibition of the the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the...

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  8. Professor Fabiola Gianotti, left, Atlas Collaboration Spokesperson, German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, centre, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), and Professor Guido Tonelli, right, CMS Collaboration Spokesperson, inform to media about the Higgs search, during... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Professor Fabiola Gianotti, left, Atlas Collaboration Spokesperson, German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, centre, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), and Professor Guido Tonelli, right, CMS Collaboration Spokesperson, inform to media about the Higgs search, during...

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  9. Professor Fabiola Gianotti, left, Atlas Collaboration Spokesperson, German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, centre, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), and Professor Guido Tonelli, right, CMS Collaboration Spokesperson, brief media about the Higgs Boson search, during... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Professor Fabiola Gianotti, left, Atlas Collaboration Spokesperson, German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, centre, Director General of CERN (the European particle physics laboratory), and Professor Guido Tonelli, right, CMS Collaboration Spokesperson, brief media about the Higgs Boson search, during...

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  10. Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS experiment spokesperson, smiles during a news conference at the CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Meyrin, near Geneva December 13, 2011. In a seminar held today, the CMS and ATLAS experiments presented the status of their research for the... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS experiment spokesperson, smiles during a news conference at the CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Meyrin, near Geneva December 13, 2011. In a seminar held today, the CMS and ATLAS experiments presented the status of their research for the...

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  11. Fabiola Gianotti (L), ATLAS experiment spokesperson, arrives for a news conference with Rolf Heuer, CERN Director General, and Guido Tonelli (R), CMS experiment spokesperson, at the CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Meyrin, near Geneva December 13, 2011. In a seminar... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Fabiola Gianotti (L), ATLAS experiment spokesperson, arrives for a news conference with Rolf Heuer, CERN Director General, and Guido Tonelli (R), CMS experiment spokesperson, at the CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Meyrin, near Geneva December 13, 2011. In a seminar...

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  12. The Globe of Science and Innovation is seen at the entrance of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the CERN are giving an update on their search for the Higgs boson, a elusive subatomic particle that is believed to be a... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    The Globe of Science and Innovation is seen at the entrance of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on December 13, 2011 in Geneva. Scientists at the CERN are giving an update on their search for the Higgs boson, a elusive subatomic particle that is believed to be a...

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  13. A scientist holds a glass of champagne after the first successful collisions at full power at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment control room at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva, in this file picture taken March 30, 2010. At an eagerly... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A scientist holds a glass of champagne after the first successful collisions at full power at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment control room at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva, in this file picture taken March 30, 2010. At an eagerly...

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  14. A spokesperson for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Guido Tonelli, speaks to journalists at the Royal Society in central London on May 17, 2011. CERN runs the world's biggest particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the outskirts of Geneva. ... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    A spokesperson for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Guido Tonelli, speaks to journalists at the Royal Society in central London on May 17, 2011. CERN runs the world's biggest particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the outskirts of Geneva. ...

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  15. The director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Rolf-Dieter Heuer, speaks to journalists at the Royal Society in central London on May 17, 2011. CERN runs the world's biggest particle collider, located on the outskirts of Geneva. One of the first tasks... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    The director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Rolf-Dieter Heuer, speaks to journalists at the Royal Society in central London on May 17, 2011. CERN runs the world's biggest particle collider, located on the outskirts of Geneva. One of the first tasks...

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  16. File photo of spotlights aimed at the sky above ground along the 27 km (16.7 miles) path of the underground ring of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) of the CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Geneva September 29, 2044, to celebrate CERN's 50th anniversary. An international... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    File photo of spotlights aimed at the sky above ground along the 27 km (16.7 miles) path of the underground ring of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) of the CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Geneva September 29, 2044, to celebrate CERN's 50th anniversary. An international...

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  17. This undated file photo shows famed physicist Albert Einstein. Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, the world's largest physics lab, say they have clocked subatomic particles, called neutrinos, traveling faster than light, a feat that, if true, would... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    This undated file photo shows famed physicist Albert Einstein. Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, the world's largest physics lab, say they have clocked subatomic particles, called neutrinos, traveling faster than light, a feat that, if true, would...

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  18. FILE - In this May 20, 2011 file photo a physicist explains the Atlas experiment on a board at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The illustration shows how a Higgs boson may look like in Atlas. Scientists at CERN will hold a public seminar... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    FILE - In this May 20, 2011 file photo a physicist explains the Atlas experiment on a board at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The illustration shows how a Higgs boson may look like in Atlas. Scientists at CERN will hold a public seminar...

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  19. In this picture taken May 20, 2011 a physicist explains the Atlas experiment on a board at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The painting shows how a Higgs boson may look like in Atlas. The first of the major summer conferences in high-energy... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    In this picture taken May 20, 2011 a physicist explains the Atlas experiment on a board at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The painting shows how a Higgs boson may look like in Atlas. The first of the major summer conferences in high-energy...

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  20. In this picture taken May 20, 2011 Thilo Pauly, deputy run coordinator for the Atlas experiment, explains the Atlas experiment on a screen at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The first of the major summer... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    In this picture taken May 20, 2011 Thilo Pauly, deputy run coordinator for the Atlas experiment, explains the Atlas experiment on a screen at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The first of the major summer...

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  21. In this picture taken May 20, 2011 visitors get an explanation of the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The first of the major summer conferences in high-energy physics, EPS HEP 2011, has started in Grenoble, France,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    In this picture taken May 20, 2011 visitors get an explanation of the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The first of the major summer conferences in high-energy physics, EPS HEP 2011, has started in Grenoble, France,...

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  22. In this photo taken M0ay 20, 2011 a wall painting by artist Josef Kristofoletti is seen at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The painting shows how a Higgs boson may look. The first of the major summer... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    In this photo taken M0ay 20, 2011 a wall painting by artist Josef Kristofoletti is seen at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The painting shows how a Higgs boson may look. The first of the major summer...

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  23. Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova (L) (3L-R) Swiss ministers Didier Burkhalter, Doris Leuthard, Ueli Maurer, Simonetta Sommaruga, director general of CERN Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, ministers Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Johann N. Schneider-Ammann pose... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova (L) (3L-R) Swiss ministers Didier Burkhalter, Doris Leuthard, Ueli Maurer, Simonetta Sommaruga, director general of CERN Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, ministers Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Johann N. Schneider-Ammann pose...

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  24. A general view of the detector "OPERA" at the LNGS (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) near L'Aquila, central Italy in this undated handout photograph. An international team of scientists said on Thursday they had recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light a finding that... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    A general view of the detector "OPERA" at the LNGS (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) near L'Aquila, central Italy in this undated handout photograph. An international team of scientists said on Thursday they had recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light a finding that...

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  25. A women passes a poster explaining the OPERA experiment at the Laboratory for High Energy Physics at the University of Bern September 23, 2011. An international team of scientists said on Thursday they had recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light a finding that could... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    A women passes a poster explaining the OPERA experiment at the Laboratory for High Energy Physics at the University of Bern September 23, 2011. An international team of scientists said on Thursday they had recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light a finding that could...

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  1. Hopefully, they won't forbid the experiments already planned to reproduce the CERN results, which is what they did when they forbade human cloning experiments.
    SOURCE: Street Insider 2 months ago
  2. It's a beautiful example of how you do science ... The collaboration of serious people at CERN who've proved published their results and it's gone to peer review. I can see the headlines now if it's shown to be a measurement error, it will be: 'Look at these idiots'. But that's not the point. This is ho...
    – Brian Cox SOURCE: The Register 2 months ago
  3. We find that the neutrino energy distribution of the ICARUS events … agrees with the expectations for an undisturbed spectrum of the CERN neutrino beam. Our results therefore refute a superluminal interpretation of the OPERA result
    SOURCE: The Register 2 months ago
  4. The Spectra T-Series tape library platform allows CERN to scale both hardware and software to make capacity upgrades quick, seamless and affordable as our data sets grow.
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  5. With CERN’s vast volumes of data, we needed a solution that would provide scalability for growth while ensuring the integrity and accessibility of the data. We easily integrated Spectra’s T-Series tape libraries with our CASTOR HSM software, providing high density in a very small data center footprint
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  6. The T-Finity is a great choice for CERN’s scientific projects as it provides high density, scalability, capacity and availability as multiple physicists worldwide must access the stored research data today and far into the future.
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  7. CERN’s many experiments produce research data that may be critical years down the line, so they store data indefinitely. The Spectra T-Series tape library platform is backed by more than a decade of engineering innovation and designed to offer a cost-effective lifetime investment in storage
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  8. The new measurements do not change the initial conclusion. Nevertheless, the observed anomaly in the neutrinos' time of flight from CERN to Gran Sasso still needs further scrutiny and independent measurement before it can be refuted or confirmed
    SOURCE: Softpedia 2 months ago
  9. For one, the timing structure of the CERN beam producing the neutrinos could be a source of discrepancy; in fact the OPERA experiment now plans to run with a different but better understood beam structure.
    SOURCE: The Florida Tech Crimson 2 months ago
  10. If there is a problem in, for example, determining the distance or time delay from CERN to the Gran Sasso Laboratory, these experiments [at Minos and T2K] should not have the same problem
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 2 months ago
  11. The Higgs now sought at CERN is expected on the basis of the simplest picture
    SOURCE: Nature.com 2 months ago
  12. One of the eventual systematic errors is now out of the way, but the search is not over. There are more checks of systematics currently under discussion, one of them could be a synchronization of the time reference at CERN and Gran Sasso independently from the GPS, using possibly a fiber
    SOURCE: LiveScience.com 2 months ago
  13. The experiment OPERA [Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tracking Apparatus], thanks to a specially adapted CERN beam, has made an important test of consistency of its result
    SOURCE: LiveScience.com 2 months ago
  14. new tests conducted at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of INFN by the OPERA Collaboration, with a specially set up neutrino beam from CERN, confirm so far the previous results on the measurement of the neutrino velocity.
    SOURCE: NPR 2 months ago
  15. The observed anomaly (that’s CERN’s scientific euphemism for ‘mind-blowing result’) in the neutrinos’ time of flight from CERN to Gran Sasso still needs further scrutiny and independent measurement before it can be refuted or confirmed
    SOURCE: Smart Planet Blog 2 months ago
  16. One of the eventual systematic errors is now out of the way, but the search is not over. They are more checks of systematics currently under discussion, one of them could be a synchronisation of the time reference at CERN and Gran Sasso independently from the GPS, using possibly a fibre
    SOURCE: The Register 2 months ago
  17. There are more checks of systematics currently under discussion, one of them could be a synchronisation of the time reference at CERN and Gran Sasso independently from the GPS (Global Positioning System), using possibly a fibre.
    SOURCE: France 24 2 months ago
  18. The experiment OPERA, thanks to a specially adapted CERN beam, has made an important test of consistency of its result. The positive outcome of the test makes us more confident in the result, although the final word can only be said by analogous measurements performed elsewhere in the world.
    SOURCE: MSNBC Blogs 2 months ago
  19. There are more checks of systematics currently under discussion ... One of them could be a synchronization of the time reference at CERN and Gran Sasso independently from GPS, using possibly a fiber [cable].
    SOURCE: MSNBC Blogs 2 months ago
  20. Scalar fields, unlike electromagnetic fields, do not have a direction. They are needed to explain inflation in the early universe and dark energy in cosmology. They are also being hunted at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider as the Higgs particle, giving rise to the origin of mass. In our case, we believe it ...
    SOURCE: Astronomy.com 2 months ago
  21. We have established synchronization between CERN and Gran Sasso that gives us nanosecond accuracy, and we've measured the distance between the two sites to 8 inches (20 cm) ... Although our measurements have low systematic uncertainty and high statistical accuracy, and we place great confidence in our r...
    SOURCE: Astronomy.com 2 months ago