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High-energy physics: Down the petabyte highway

For scientists, collisions at the world's most powerful particle collider are just the start. Nature follows the torrent of data on its circuitous journey around the world.

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Geoff Brumfiel is a senior reporter for Nature based in London.

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Brumfiel, G. High-energy physics: Down the petabyte highway. Nature 469, 282–283 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469282a

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