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Happy 50th Cern!

Posted by samzenpus on from the quantum-birthday-cake dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The facility that has earned three scientists Nobel prizes, provided the impetus for Berners-Lee's hypertext program (aka the WWW), oh and has also helped answer some fundamental questions regarding the universe has turned fifty today! And with the LHC in development, here's hoping for another 50!"

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  1. happy birthday and thanks for web by LucidBeast · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.asp

  2. CERN birthday gifts should be money by erick99 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This article in Physics Today discusses the huge budget that CERN operates within as well as some rather large cost overages. So, put some cash in that birthday card!

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  3. LHC by suckfish · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the LHC home page for those who want more than a fluffy news media article
    http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch/lhc-new-homepa ge/

  4. You can help: LHC@Home by slaida1 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Go to http://lhcathome.cern.ch/ and join. It's beta... whoops, beta testing ended just yesterday. I guess there's no more 5000 participant limit anymore, so why don't you give it a try. You can use BOINC to calculate seti work units also.

    From the LHC@Home FAQ:
    "1.2 What does LHC@home do?

    LHC@home helps the construction of LHC. It simulates how the particles travel trough the 27 km long tunnel. With the help of the calculated information, the magnets that control the beam can be calibrated with greater precision."

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