Friday, November 20, 2009

Large Hadron Collider Restarted

Large Hadron Collider Photo: PA

From The Australian/AFP:

THE world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, has been restarted.

"The first tests of injecting sub-atomic particles began around 1600 (01:00 AEDT),'' CERN spokesman James Gillies said.

He said the injections lasted a fraction of a second, enough for "a half or even a complete circuit'' of the Large Hadron Collider built in a 27km long tunnel straddling the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.

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