http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/collider http://io9.com/tag/collider

The Large Hadron Collider at the CERN research facility near Geneva, Switzerland won't be going on a luau in Hawaii anytime soon, since the state is suing to stop the activation of the enormous research project. Yes, it's not just individual wackos who believe the LHC will unleash a cosmic ass-whooping on the planet. An actual state is suing the builders to keep them from activating it. They fear it'll let loose runaway miniature black holes, strangelets, or magnetic monopoles that will destroy the planet. The researchers at CERN have spent their precious time trying to assure people that won't happen, although it would be kind of cool if it did. We've got the strange and winding history of this project in today's Triviagasm. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379494&view=rss&microfeed=true

Last year, before the gigantic hadron supercollider at CERN research facility was installed underground, a photographer captured this picture of a 1,950 metric ton tunnel containing giant magnets that will be placed in a tunnel and kept at near-zero temperatures. These mega-magnets are the biggest in the world, and will force subatomic particles to smash into each other. Want to see another one of the mega-magnets? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349486&view=rss&microfeed=true The final piece of CERN's new ultra-giant hadron collider was lowered into its place deep underground today. Within weeks, protons will be smashing the shit out of each other underneath Swizerland. Nano-awesome! [Science Daily] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=348860&view=rss&microfeed=true