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Glitch Stalls Atom Smasher

By Clay Dillow,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2008 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Large Hadron Collider, the $5-billion, 17-mile experiment seeking answers to the universe’s deepest mysteries, hit a snag within hours of its Sept. 10 launch, but its overseer did not report the malfunction for a week, the Daily Telegraph reports. A 30-ton transformer in...   Read full story »

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