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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

07:48 08/12/2011

European scientists have stopped the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle-accelerating machine, for a three-month scheduled break.

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
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18:19 30/03/2010
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03:38 30/03/2010
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CERN sets date for first 7 TeV particle smashes in Large Hadron Collider
04:51 24/03/2010
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Large Hadron Collider accelerates beams to 3.5 TeV
19:14 19/03/2010
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) set a new record by accelerating its proton beams to half its designed energy - 3.5 tera-electron volts (TeV) - early on Friday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website.
German court rejects lawsuit against Large Hadron Collider
19:10 09/03/2010
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected a lawsuit brought by a German against the Large Hadron Collider, the court's press service said on Tuesday.
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02:32 04/02/2010
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14:16 26/11/2009
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Large Hadron Collider makes first proton collisions
02:52 24/11/2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has produced first proton collisions.
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20:13 23/11/2009
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First proton beam completes loop through Large Hadron Collider
23:11 20/11/2009
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Large Hadron Collider fires first proton beams
21:53 20/11/2009
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18:52 19/11/2009
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Collider almost ready for activation
20:16 17/11/2009
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CERN's particle collider could be re-launched this week
17:44 16/11/2009
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CERN chief confirms re-launch of particle collider in November
06:23 10/10/2009
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will re-launch its particle accelerator, which has been out of operation since last year, in November
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21:43 09/09/2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could be useful in the research of processes taking place on the Sun, Russian physicists from the United Institute of Nuclear Research said.
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15:49 11/09/2008
The Large Hadron Collider – the biggest, most sophisticated and expensive scientific instrument in human history – has been successfully activated.
Vast particle-colliding machine conducts successful test
13:59 10/09/2008
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Atom-smasher and the "God Particle"
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Scientists involved in a historic "Big Bang" experiment to begin this week hope it will turn up many surprises about the universe and its origins but reject suggestions it will bring the end of the world.
Large Hadron Collider: time travel or end of the world?
21:03 09/09/2008
It took 14 years to build the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The world’s biggest, most expensive and ambitious research project is expected give a definitive answer to the question how the Universe emerged.
Over 700 Russian scientists part of Large Hadron Collider project
11:58 08/09/2008
The development of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, has involved over 700 Russian physicists from 12 research institutes, a project coordinator said Monday.
Large Hadron Collider
13:23 07/08/2008
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, is to be officially unveiled, on October 21. RIA Novosti presents a photo essay from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Center.
Large Hadron Collider to be launched Oct. 21 - Russian scientist
20:10 05/08/2008
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, will be officially unveiled on October 21, a Russian scientist said Tuesday.
High-energy experiments into secrets of matter may start in fall
16:23 08/07/2008
Proton collisions at the world's most powerful particle accelerator that some theorists say could create matter-consuming black holes should not be expected until the fall, a Russian physicist said Tuesday.
There will be no Armageddon
15:53 18/06/2008

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Large Hadron Collider

By colliding particles in front of immensely powerful detectors, scientists hope to detect the Higgs boson, nicknamed the "God particle," which was hypothesized in the 1960s to explain how particles acquire mass. Discovering the particle could explain how matter appeared in the split-second after the Big Bang.

The international LHC project has involved more than 2,000 physicists from hundreds of universities and laboratories in 34 countries since 1984. Over 700 Russian physicists from 12 research institutes have taken part.