The world's largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe. picked by bingo 2 years ago

The incident occurred after the launch of the particle accelerator ring, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which some dubbed a "doomsday device", sources told The Courier-Mail.
It is understood the girl wanted to lose her virginity to the boy - believing that the world was about to end. picked by kakana 7 months ago

A faulty electrical connection will require repairs that will shut the collider down for at least two months. Hopefully, they shelled out for the extended warranty.

On a related note, there shall be no further posts about black holes eating the world until November 22nd. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

The world's most powerful particle accelerator becomes functional this spring - unleashing forces, capable to distort not only space (just like gravity distorts space around Earth), but also TIME.

Some seriously amazing pictures picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Could it be that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged - from the future!? picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

If you truly believe that the Large Hadron Collider will bring about the destruction of reality as we know it then breath a sigh of relief as you've just won a stay of execution. The LHC is now not due to come back on line until autumn* this year.


*Or spring, if you're Autumn. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

"Essentially what's happening is we're proceeding with extreme caution," Gillies told The Associated Press. "We have to be absolutely certain that when we switch on this time, it stays switched on."

*3 months till the end? picked by kakana 8 months ago

The Earth didn't move, or even twitch. And it certainly didn't end - as you can tell by the fact you are reading this. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Large Hadron Collider at Cern has been described as a "£4.2 billion sledgehammer;" it will create conditions very close to those of the Big Bang. Tiny black holes are among the possible products. picked by sparky 3 years ago

THE Large Hadron Collider will be back up and running by the third quarter of 2009 - probably.
According to an internal report sent to the physicists working on the giant particle-smasher at the CERN laboratory near Geneva in Switzerland, the LHC should be ready to collide proton beams at the end of July next year. picked by bingo 1 year ago

GENEVA (AFP) — The world's largest particle collider will be down for at least two months following a helium leak into the tunnel, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Saturday.

Atom-smasher out of action for two months picked by siennablue 2 years ago

A teenage girl in Madhya Pradesh killed herself on Wednesday after being traumatised by media reports that a "Big Bang" experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This article discusses exactly what the scientists are trying to achieve with the particle accelerator. If you dont know much about it, this gives a great layman's terms view. picked by drivebypunch 2 years ago

Squarks, photinos, selectrons, neutralinos. These are just a few types of supersymmetric particles, a special brand of particle that may be created when the world's most powerful atom smasher goes online this spring. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Have a large back yard? Have access to some massive amounts of power? Want to become an evil overlord and rule the planet? One way to start is by building your own LHC
You can obtain for free, a full technical report. 1600 pages - 115 MB of info. Please remember who got you the info. picked by bernardblack 2 years ago

Mathematical physicists at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow believe that the vast experiment at CERN, the European particle physics centre near Geneva in Switzerland, may turn out to be the world's first time machine picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

More about CERN and the LHC.

Lapsed scientist and satirist Chris Morris visited CERN and wrote this about it.

The audio portion at the bottom of the article is worth a listen too. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The hackers were stopped before they could access the Collider's central computer system, but were described by the Telegraph as being "one step away" from full control of the CMS. picked by gamaxray 2 years ago

The “large” in Large Hadron Collider is something of an understatement. “Enormous” is closer: The collider’s underground tunnel carves a circle 17 miles in circumference, traversing the border between Switzerland and France. At four locations it passes through caverns crammed with detectors the size of buildings... picked by DrNothing 3 years ago

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), housed in an underground tunnel 27 kilometers (17 miles) in circumference, will recreate conditions just after the Big Bang on September 10. It will seek to collide two beams of particles at close to the speed of light. picked by AfroMosHi 2 years ago