Sources: European Organization for Nuclear Research, ESRI. Graphics reporting by John Johnson and Julie Sheer. Graphic by Raoul Rañoa / Los Angeles Times. Graphics are schematic.
How the Large Hadron Collider works
The Large Hadron Collider is a particle accelerator that will create conditions similar to those in the first moments after the Big Bang. Scientists will search for undiscovered particles as they try to complete a subatomic picture of the universe.
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charles.kiss at 8:31 PM December 08, 2011
This machine is completely beautiful, absolutely incredible, and thoroughly enormous! The First Wonder of the World; everything else pales!
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