Sunday, November 1, 2009

Second Chance For Large Hadron Collider To Deliver Universe's Secrets

The view from the central axis of the Large Hadron Collider. Photograph: CERN

From The Guardian:

One year after £30m meltdown, 'God Machine' is ready to run again in Switzerland.

At first glance, the piece of metal in Steve Myers's hands could be taken for a harmonica or a pen. Only on closer inspection can you make out its true nature. Myers, director of accelerators at the Cern particle physics laboratory outside Geneva, is clutching a section of copper piping from which a flat electrical cable is protruding.

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