After a transformer failed earlier this week, CERN’s LHC has run into another problem.  One of the 1700 superconducting magnets has failed, leaking helium (gas) into the tunnel that houses the collider.  In order to repair the problem, large parts of the tunnel may need to be brought up to room temperature to allow repairs [...]

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CERN’s LHC is supposed to be fired up for the first time tomorrow.  Their main aim at this stage is hunting for the Higgs Boson, whose existence would explain the mass of many different types of particle.  Here’s to hoping they find it, and that they don’t create a black hole in the process.  Read [...]

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