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Large Hadron Collider stories: 21 news summaries

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 Hadron Collider 
 Restarts Briefly 

After 14 months of repairs, proton beams circulate

Nov 20, 09 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider roared to life today for the first time since September 2008. "The first tests of injecting subatomic particles" took just a fraction of a second, a CERN rep said, but the circulation of the proton beams confirmed that the repairs instituted 9 days after the... More »

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Switzerland • Big Bang • tunnel • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research • protons

say what?

 Physicists: 
 Bird From the Future 
 Damaged Collider 

Theory says the universe is sabotaging the big experiment

Nov 11, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is having a tough time getting on its feet—construction delays, birds, etc.—but now two physicists have a novel theory about why: The experiment is so “abhorrent” to God, or nature, that the universe is conspiring to sabotage it. When scientists get... More »

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CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • Higgs boson • God particle • future • time travel • theoretical physics • Peter Higgs • Bech Nielsen

GONE TO THE BIRDS


 Breadcrumb Latest 
 Speed Bump 
 for Collider 

$8B science project sidetracked by 'bit of baguette'

Nov 6, 09 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The enormous science project buried beneath the France-Switzerland border has seen all kinds of detours in its search for the so-called “God particle”—busted vacuum tubes, al-Qaeda moles—so the latest might not be a huge surprise: A piece of bread dropped by a bird onto an outdoor... More »

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'God Machine' Warming Up for 2nd Startup in Dec.

Large Hadron Collider is ready to roll after a year of repairs

Nov 3, 09 9:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider is ready to start smashing particles together again, equipment, the laws of nature, and the Almighty permitting. The $9 billion particle accelerator has been fully repaired after a short circuit put it out of action for more than a year, and should be ready to roll... More »

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particle accelerator • physics • big bang • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • Higgs boson • God particle

 Hadron Collider 
 Physicist Admits He 
 Was Al-Qaeda Mole 


Standford University Ph.D. was about to mount attack: officials

Oct 12, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top-level nuclear physicist working on the Hadron Collider has admitted being an Al-Qaeda spy, French officials are reporting. Adlène Hicheur, 32, is expected to be charged today after investigators discovered he suggested targets to the terror organization, reports the Independent. French officials believe the Stanford University Ph.D.... More »

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Algeria • France • physicist • scientist • al-Qaeda • terror network • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • terror attack • Adlène Hicheur

Nuclear Scientist Arrested for Alleged al-Qaeda Ties

CERN says researcher didn't work on dangerous projects

Oct 9, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - French authorities have arrested a researcher working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on suspicion that he has been in contact with al-Qaeda. Police say they believe the 32-year-old and his brother contacted people linked to the terror group online, and they had been planning an attack in... More »

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terrorism • France • al-Qaeda • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research • LHC Beauty

Collider May Be Back Online by Late Fall—on Low

Physicists bail for US as troubles crop up at Swiss megaproject

Aug 4, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - It took 15 years and $9 billion to build, but since its massively hyped debut in September, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland hasn't collided any particles at all. Physicists in Europe are certain the 17-mile machine will eventually produce revolutionary science, on everything from dark matter to... More »

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 Hadron Collider Hits New Snags 

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

Jul 21, 09 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 “... More »

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Switzerland • Big Bang • experiments • Alps • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • God particle

Rival Labs Fight Like Hell to Find 'God Particle'

US may catch elusive particle first while Europe does repairs

Feb 17, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The US-based Fermilab is gaining ground on Europe's CERN in the race to discover the Higgs boson, the elusive prize of particle physics, reports the BBC. While the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland remains out of order, Fermilab's facility in Chicago has been cranked up. At a recent conference, the... More »

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CERN • Large Hadron Collider • Fermilab • particle physics • Higgs boson • God particle

'Big Bang' Machine Won't Start Until Fall

Repairs to giant
collider taking longer than expected

Feb 10, 09 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists won’t restart the Large Hadron Collider until late September—a 6-week delay for the machine designed to replicate the Big Bang, Reuters reports. Repairs of last fall's electrical glitch are taking longer than expected. Particle collisions in the world’s biggest, most complex machine are now scheduled to... More »

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(Newser) - The odds are getting better that Nietzsche was not only crazy, but wrong, the Telegraph reports. An Irish bookmaker has lowered the odds on finding proof of God's existence to 4-1, after atheist ads on London buses sparked a flurry of pro-God betting. The bookie, Paddy Power, began taking the... More »

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God • betting • atheism • Large Hadron Collider • Bill Maher Grid

Physics Nobel to 3 Who Studied World's Origin

Work on 'broken symmetry' paved way for hadron collider

Oct 7, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize for physics was awarded today to three researchers whose work on "broken symmetry" has clarified the origins of the universe. Their theories—a cornerstone of the so-called Standard Model of physics—explain how the world came into being after the Big Bang; although huge amounts... More »

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 Balky Collider Offline Into '09 

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

Sep 23, 08 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 giant magnets would take 2... More »

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France • Switzerland • delay • repair • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics

 Atom Smasher Out 2 Months 

Experiments postponed; heating and recooling elements takes weeks

Sep 20, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out that the glitch with the Large Hadron Collider is worse than originally thought and will keep the massive atom smasher out of commission for at least 2 months, the Telegraph reports. The collider, which seeks to replicate the Big Bang and solve mysteries of creation, began... More »

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 Glitch Stalls Atom Smasher 


Sep 19, 08 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 the cooling system broke, causing... More »

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Supercollider 'Beautiful'
So Far, Scientists Say

Data already streaming forth from effort to find answers to Big Bang questions

Sep 10, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists working with the massive atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border have already “seen some beautiful tracks coming off” the beams of protons circling the 17-mile loop, Bloomberg reports. “Things can go wrong at any time, but luckily this morning everything went smoothly,” one scientist told National ... More »

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'Big Bang' Machine
Switched On, We're Still Here

Feared planet-devouring black hole fortunately fails to materialize

Sep 10, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider was switched on today and the world did not end, as some doomsayers predicted, Reuters reports. Scientists at CERN in Switzerland now plan to use the giant particle-smashing machine to recreate the conditions of the Big Bang and shed light on the origins of the universe.... More »

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particle accelerator • physics • Geneva • CERN • Large Hadron Collider

 Huge Particle Collider 
 Ready for Debut 

Probably won't destroy universe

Sep 9, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicists across the world will spend the wee hours of tomorrow morning watching with bated breath as the world’s most expensive science experiment gets under way, the New York Times reports. At 3:30am Eastern, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will switch on for the first time, sending... More »

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Switzerland • particle accelerator • dark matter • Geneva • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • Higgs boson

Physics and Improv Collide

Scientists on particle accelerator project learn communication from comedy

Sep 4, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Physicists trying to explain the nature of the universe using the largest particle accelerator ever built are also trying to learn something else: communication skills to help them explain what they’ve learned to the rest of world. And they’re going about it in a unique way, the Wall ... More »

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comedy • particle accelerator • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research

 Earth 'Safe'
 From Mammoth
 Collider: Report 

Giant experiment have already occurred naturally, say scientists

Jun 24, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fears that experiments with a giant particle accelerator could trigger a planetary-wide cataclysm have been dismissed as science fiction by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The 17-mile-long underground Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will smash nuclear particles together at super high speeds. Some fear collider experiments could trigger mini... More »

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University of Cambridge • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • mini-black holes • European Organization for Nuclear Research • strangelets • John Ellis • Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider • quadrupole

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