large hadron collider

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest particle accelerator built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to investigate the most fundamental questions of physics. Over 10,000 scientists and engineers from all over the world contributed to the project.

Opposing particle beams are accelerated along a 27 kilometer tunnel, 574 ft (175 meters below the ground level near Geneva, Switzerland. The resulting collisions are then analyzed by scientist in order to test various high-energy physics theories, including that related to the hypothesized Higgs boson (also known as the 'God particle').

The LHC constantly manages to attract media attention, due to the sheer scale of the undertaking. Among the recent LHC developments that gained media attention there are the LHC-triggered end-of-the-world fear, as well as a viable time travel theory.

Check out this LHC News Bulletin for the latest news on the LHC and visit this LHC engadget tag for a less scientific approach.

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• Da Vinci style drawings of the Large Hadron Collider by Sergio Cittolin

  
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• New “Beauty Baryon” Particle Discovered at Large Hadron Collider

  
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• Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Stick Your Hand in the Very Large Hadron Collider

  
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• Large Hadron Collider helps scientists to find a new particle

  
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  Researchers from the Large Hadron Collider’s (LHC’s) Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector have found a new particle through a proton-proton collision. Researchers have submitted a paper to Physical Review Letters . This new particle is dubbed as Xi(b)* (pronounced “csai bee-star”). This particle ...
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• Higgs-Boson Explained

  
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• LHC Physicists Explain the Higgs Boson Particle

  
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• Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider detect new subatomic particle

  
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  PARIS — European scientists said Friday they had detected a subatomic particle that sheds light on one of the basic forces of nature which determines the structure of matter. The particle, a baryon called Xi—b, cannot be detected directly as it is too unstable, but scientists observed traces of it in a test at ...
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• New Particle Discovered at CERN

  
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• A New Baryon on the Block

  
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