After a year of technical problems, bad publicity and staggered momentum, CERN's Large Hadron Collider is up and running. Built to explore the Big Bang theory, the collider has been called "one of the great engineering milestones of mankind."
The Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) is taking part in a project that could tell us a lot more about how the Earth was formed. The biggest challenge may be dealing with all the possible users
Some governments and not-for-profit organizations such as hospitals are beginning to look at data grid technology as a means to improve services, lower operating costs and spur economic development. Separate data grid plans involving hospitals, schools and municipal agencies in Cleveland and within Singapore's government were announced this month. Such efforts will likely take years to reach fruition.