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Hadron Collider Hits New Snags

CERN may run experiments through the winter to make up lost time

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2009 2:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Large Hadron Collider has hit more delays, ZDNet reports, with experiments using the machine unlikely to restart until at least mid-November due to the discovery of two vacuum leaks. The agency overseeing the 17-mile atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border may take the unorthodox step of running its “Big Bang” simulation experiments through the winter, despite the high costs of electricity during that season.

This 2007 file photo shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN's European particle physics laboratory, near Geneva, Switzerland.
This 2007 file photo shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN's European particle physics laboratory, near Geneva, Switzerland.   (AP Photo)
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle collider, is seen in this photo.
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle collider, is seen in this photo.   (Business Wire)
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newsrmandan
Jul 22, 2009 7:14 AM CDT
The Hadron Collider is cool science stuff but will never explain if or how the big bang actually happened because it didn't. But science is doing its best to understand how all this (the Universe) happened and for that I give them an A for effort. I would like an explanation of why sea shells are found at ridiculous heights above sea levels first.
Snarfeh
Jul 22, 2009 1:24 AM CDT
It makes sense something of this magnitude would be difficult to nail down in one smooth build....but DAYUM, I can hardly wait for this puppy to be CRUNK UP!!!!! PS to SBS - it is expected the black hole it could create would be too small for ck's ass to go through it...
rajanKazhmin
Jul 21, 2009 9:12 AM CDT
If you don't believe in black holes can you still get pulled through one?

 
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