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Atom smasher takes a break

2010-02-23T14:13:17Z

<div id="subtitle">World's largest atom smasher takes a break ahead of new research planned for 2010</div><div><p>Operators of the world's largest atom smasher say they have shut down the machine until February to prepare for an expected groundbreaking research program.</p><p>The European Organization f...

World's largest atom smasher breaks power record

2010-02-23T23:03:43Z

<div id="subtitle">World's largest atom smasher breaks power record in new success after many disappointments</div><div><p>The world's largest atom smasher broke the world record for proton acceleration Monday, firing particle beams with 20 percent more power than the American lab that previously held the record.</p><p>The power of the Large Ha...

Atom-smasher sets record energy levels: CERN

2010-02-23T23:07:29Z

<div><p> The world's biggest atom-smasher has set a world record by accelerating to energy levels that had never been previously reached, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Monday.</p><p>"CERN?s Large Hadron Collider has today bec...

CERN: Big Bang machine sets power record

2010-02-23T23:07:00Z

<div id="subtitle">CERN: Big Bang machine sets record, sending proton beams over 1 trillion electron volts</div><div><p>Scientists say the world's largest atom smasher has broken the record for proton acceleration, sending beams of the particles at 1.18 trillion electron volts.</p><p>A statement by the ...

First atoms reported smashed in Large Hadron Collider

2010-02-24T01:35:32Z

<div><p>Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after it was restarted, scientists announced.</p><p>In a statement, the European Organisation for ...

Switzerland Big Bang Machine

2009-11-21T11:16:30Z

In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.</p><p>"The first tests of injecting sub-atomic particles began around 1600 (1500 GMT)," CERN spokesman Al-Qaeda links with "membership of a terrorist group" on Monday, judicial officials said.</p><p>The 32-year-old engineer, who was studying the universe's birth -- the Big Bang -- at the European Organisation for Nucl...

A man sprays varnish on the wooden globe next to the entrance of the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Meyrin near Geneva

2009-09-09T08:11:28Z

A man sprays varnish on the wooden globe next to the entrance of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud (SWITZERLAND SCI TECH)...

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer

2009-04-21T17:27:54Z

US actor Tom Hanks (R) and Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer (L) pose during a photocall to promote their new film 'Angels & Demons', at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Friday unveiled a massive computing grid aimed at analysing millions of gigabytes of data set to be generated by the world's largest atom-smasher.</p><p>The data manager of the Large Hadron Col...

Officials: Damage to collider forces 2-month halt

2010-02-28T10:29:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Nuclear research agency says damage will halt world's largest particle collider for 2 months</div><div><p>The European Organization for Nuclear Research says its new particle collider has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months.</p>&l...

Atom-smasher investigation could give findings this week

2010-02-28T11:46:54Z

<div><p>An investigation into technical problems with the world's largest atom-smasher could produce its preliminary findings this week into why it had to be shut down.</p><p>"Investigations should help us in the coming days to understand better what happened," said James Gillies, a spokesman for the Large Hadron Collider to re-create the Big Bang that created the universe and learn more about 'dark matter'. But the collider's circular tunnel, which is 27km (17 miles) l...

Atom-smasher out of action for two months: CERN

2010-02-28T12:47:15Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>James Gillies told AFP: "There has been an incident in a test. One section of the machine will have to be repaire...