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Lengthy repair times, and necessary winter maintenance, delay Large Hadron Collider

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 23, 2008 3:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – A serious malfunction, and the necessarily slow progress of repairs, will keep the Large Hadron Collider from starting its first experiments until spring, the Times reports. A major problem Friday shut down the European atom-smasher, and officials said the heating, repair and recooling of the... Read full story »

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