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CERN To Tap Unused Desktop Power To Help Find Higgs Boson

hypnosec writes "Research institute CERN has launched a new project to tap into the extra computing power from the public for its Large Hadron Collider atom smashing project. According to the organization, the LHC@home project will, for the first time, allow volunteers to aid in high-energy collisions of protons in CERN's Large Hadron Collider and in turn helping physicists to unravel the mysteries of the origin of the universe"

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  1. Re:default by piripiri · · Score: 5, Informative

    *@home uses processing power. Processing power uses electricity. Electricity costs money.