First Beam for the LHC
Today the first particle beam was successfully sent around the Large Hadron Collider! This utterly amazing piece of equipment, the largest, most powerful, and most expensive scientific experiment ever undertaken by humanity, will undoubtedly result in many profound revelations about the structure of matter and the universe.
Some breathtaking statistics:
27km circumference, located underneath France and Switzerland
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10 Sep 2008 Samuel Huckins 0 comments