The Large Hadron Collider is smashing protons again after a three-year hiatusIt was shut down for maintenance and upgrades, so it can deliver more data.By M. Moon, 04.22.2022
CERN is making the Large Hadron Collider's data more accessibleIt's almost impossible for the organization to release raw datasets, however.By K. Holt, 12.11.2020
CERN approves plans for a $23 billion, 62-mile long super-colliderThe aim is to learn more about the elusive Higgs Boson particle. By S. Dent, 06.22.2020
CERN turns to open source software as Microsoft increases its feesWith its Microsoft Alternatives project, or MAlt, CERN hopes to avoid vendor and data lock-in.By C. Fisher, 06.13.2019
The World Wide Web at 30: We got the free and open internet we deserveAnd now we're going to have to rebuild it from the ground up.By A. Tarantola, 03.12.2019
CERN plans to build a collider four times bigger than the LHCThe $24-billion project will be 100 kilometers or 62 miles long. By M. Moon, 01.16.2019
Scientists develop the world's first 3D color X-raysThe CERN technology could improve accuracy of medical diagnoses.By K. Filippidis, 07.16.2018
A major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider is underwayThe improvements will allow researchers to smash more particles together.By M. Locklear, 06.15.2018
ICYMI: Physicists just cracked a big anti-matter hurdleGo full Good Will Hunting with us on this one. By K. Davis, 12.21.2016
Physicists learn how to measure antimatterIt could help us understand the nature of the universe.By J. Fingas, 12.19.2016
ICYMI: CERNs robotic inspectors ride a monorailBecause how else are you going to monitor 17-miles of underground complex?By A. Bouman, 11.29.2016
CERN introduces Large Hadron Collider's robotic inspectorsThey're called "TIM," and they're autonomous.By M. Moon, 11.26.2016
ICYMI: Studying the 1700's clouds for pollution cluesThe Industrial Revolution really screwed up paradise.By K. Davis, 08.12.2016
Large Hadron Collider's new 'particle' was just a flukeThere's a good reason why scientists double-check their data.By J. Fingas, 08.07.2016
The first website went public 25 years agoTim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web project on August 6th, 1991.By J. Fingas, 08.06.2016
Make music with the Large Hadron Collider through a web appQuantizer turns particle collisions into sweet sounds.By J. Fingas, 05.30.2016
Tech doesn't work with children and animalsRaise your hand if one or the other has destroyed one of your prized gadgets.By T. Seppala, 04.30.2016
Cord-munching weasel temporarily knocks the LHC offlineThis is why we can't have nice super colliders.By A. Tarantola, 04.29.2016
CERN opens access to 300TB of Large Hadron Collider dataIt's data the physicists collected in 2011. By M. Moon, 04.23.2016