The grid that will process data from the Large Hadron Collider has undergone stress testing, with Cern and other organisations trying to gauge its limits. The tests, called Scale Testing for the ...

The grid uses a tiered structure that fans out from CERN to progressively smaller computing centers around the world. Data from the collider, expected to be produced at about 15 petabytes (or 15 ...

PARIS – Deriving strength from a three-year experience in the fields of cluster and grid computing, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has launched the second phase of an openlab ...

The computing grid built to carry data from the Large Hadron Collider to scientists around the world is also being used to speed the development of life-saving drugs and uncover the causes of climate ...