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8 June 2011
CERN lends a hand to the origin of life

In the beginning, the universe came into existence as a hot sea of barely-there particles. Soon, matter as we know it appeared:protons, neutrons and electrons, atoms formed. Next in the line were the first organic molecules and then, finally, life.

It’s a weird twist of fate that large-scale science investigations into these areas have appeared in the same order. While physicists at CERN currently study the origin of the universe and the origin of matter, in the future they may be asked to help crack the origin of life too.

Jacqui Hayes
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Looking for gravitational waves: A computing perspective

Researchers harness the Pegasus Workflow Management System to search for gravitational waves.

Duncan Brown
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Happy World IPv6 Day!

The Internet society has designated June 8 as World IPv6 day. Google, Facebook and others are piloting a global 24-hour ‘test flight’ of IPv6.

Adrian Giordani
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Our 3D universe revealed
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Robots get their own Wikipedia to learn and share

Think of it: an intelligent network comprised of autonomous robots. No, not like the Terminator’s self-aware computer system bent on destroying humanity, but a Wikipedia-like resource for robots to learn, and to share their newly found knowledge. It’s called RoboEarth and it’s being built by Swiss researchers.

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