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more about #madphysics gd01skorpius: Hello fellow humans! I am just like you and I also have an irrational fear of technology sometimes. But I think that this machine is good! So please d... more » Invisible-Echidna: Well, I had a good run. #largehadroncollider more » stereobot: Wooo!!! GO LHC!! (holds up a "#1 fan" foam hand) #largehadroncollider more » gorehound: awesome soon it will be a big disaster. #largehadroncollider more » Nefilim: a strange question and kinda off topic, but here it goes. If you throw a person in the LHC, or any accelerator for that matter, what effect would it h... more » schrodingers-katana: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? BREAKING NEWS, this just in! There has been yet another massive setback at the LHC, when during a routine check, workers disc... more » evildead1971: please bring about the zombie apocalypse please bring about the zombie apocalypse please bring about the zombie apocalypse #largehadroncollider more » 109838: Two particles, one cup. #largehadroncollider more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I have complete faith that the future will come and prevent this from happening (yet again). #largehadroncollider more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: Well this proves something is wrong: they tested on Sat the 7th and I for one aged a full year that day. Oh, wait. Sat. was my birthday. Never mi... more » tetracycloide: CERN go to far! CERN am play gods! #largehadroncollider more » ThisDudeRufus: Wait, so when exactly does it start up? All the sources I can find just say "a couple of weeks" or mid-November. I need to schedule my Hooray Science... more » Skunky: "One of the coolest parts about accelerators is that when the microscopic particles smash into the walls, they are moving so fast that they leave long... more » Roklimber: Nice summary, Annalee, but I'd like to suggest a minor correction and make a few additional comments. "... the way they might under extreme condition... more » tralfaz23: please create a blackhole strong enough to swallow our galaxy... or at least Rush Limbaugh and Skip Bayless #largehadroncollider more » J_Frank_Parnell: MMMmm...hot particle on particle action. #largehadroncollider more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): All together now!! 'Its the end of the world (or at least the Swiss), as we know it....and I feel fine'!! #largehadroncollider more » phoghat: I'm giving 5 to 3, any takers? Remember if you lose you don't have to pay off. #largehadroncollider more » starjade: Can someone tell me how this will end the world? #largehadroncollider more » John ya ya: But it's not Dec 2012 yet. #largehadroncollider more » -
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Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
It's been plagued by everything from liquid helium leaks to wayward baguettes, but the mega-physics experiment known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is finally ready to start smashing protons into each other. Particle collisions could begin in two weeks. More » -
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Most Awesome Chemistry Machine at the Photon Factory
This crazy machine is a new kind of microscope that can identify a chemical based on just a few atoms. Awesomely, it sucks up intense X-ray beams from a synchrotron to do it. More » -
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First Particle Beam to Shoot Through the Large Hadron Collider Tomorrow
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will smash up its its first proton beams this weekend in a test, arousing the fears of conspiracy lovers everywhere. If you'll recall, the LHC is that super-mega physics experiment in Switzerland's CERN Lab that some believe might destroy the world by producing black holes. Above, you can see a visualization of how large the facility is, as it loops under the ground outside Geneva. So what's in store tomorrow when the first beams start circling? More » -
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Magnetic Fusion in the Spherical Torus Experiment
Right now, you are looking into a space where plasmas are crushed into a torus shape, subjected to a magnetic field, and then heated and pressurized until their nuclei fuse. It's called the National Spherical Torus Experiment. This glowing, sideways view of the chamber where plasmas undergo magnetic fusion was taken by Elle Starkman and Charles Skinner of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Check out the exterior and a schematic for the chamber below (yes, several humans could fit inside it). More »
