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In 2013, CERN/SFT is participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the third time, following previous years' great experiences. The group submitted proposals for a variety of projects, covering a wide range of their activities. More…

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Greetings, my name is Nathaniel Chandra Harjanto, a summer student of CERN Summer Studentship Programme 2013 from Indonesia, a country in South East Asia. I am part of Indonesian student group consisted of 3 persons which become the first Indonesian…

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Over the next two weeks, the Theory Unit will host a workshop in "Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with Planck" from 17 to 28 June. During the workshop implications of the first cosmology results from Planck will be discussed following…

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Superstring Theory is mathematically equivalent to a completely deterministic automaton,yet the world it describes appears to be quantum mechanical. In his seminar, Gerardus 't Hooft (Utrecht University) discussed how can we reconcile these…

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Frank Close delivered a talk about his book The Infinity Puzzle (http://www.infinitypuzzlebook.com/) that covers the history of 50 years of particle physics, the emergence of the Standard Model realizing the unification of the weak and…

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Last week, four members of the CERN LCD group traveled to DESY, Hamburg, to test data acquisition methods for a Timepix pixel detector. It's unusual for CERN groups to have to travel to perform a test beam, but with the PS and SPS out of action for…

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Advances in photo-lithography and micro processing techniques during the past decade triggered a major transition from wire chambers to micro-pattern gas amplification devices such as GEM and MicroMegas. Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors offer…

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