Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they have moved a step closer to their aim of unlocking the mysteries of the Universe. The world’s highest-energy particle accelerator has produced a record-breaking particle collision rate – about double the previous rate.
The collider is now generating around 10,000 particle collisions per second, according to physicist Andrei Golutvin. The LHC is housed in a 27km circular tunnel under the French-Swiss border.
The vast machine is operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), based near Geneva in Switzerland.
Physicists say this marks the start of turning the LHC into the world’s most powerful particle collider. ”It’s clear that the LHC is the new boy in town, but in two years running we’re going to put Fermilab out of business,”
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I’ve posted this link before but I think it’s worth it.
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
…the Earth NOT sucked in to black hole? Don’t be so sure….!
I hate your smug headline. We are lucky that nothing bad has happened so far – at least nothing we can detect.
These higher and higher speed collisions are irresponsible when we know so little about what the consequences might be.
- We don’t believe in luck we believe in science… GO SCIENCE!!! – Phillis
haha! there is no gravity–the earth sux!
Helen that made me laugh!