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World’s biggest particle collider hits a new high

World’s biggest particle collider hits a new high

Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.

 

Big Bang collider sets new record

The "Big Bang" experiment at CERN has set new records for colliding beams of particles this week, and is now shutting down for a couple of months to prepare for even higher energy work, the research center said on Friday.

 

Race to recreate Big Bang conditions reignited

Race to recreate Big Bang conditions reignited

After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

 

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