news.bbc.co.uk - 9/10/2008
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Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang. They have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The £5bn machine on ...
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The End of The World – Rappers At CERN
Geek In Disguise —
... Well the world still seems to be here despite the Big Bang experiment being underway at CERN. Should you need to explain this to the kids yourself, be sure to check out the rap video by Kate McAlpine and her friends from within the bowels of the Large Hadron Collider. ...
'Big Bang' experiment starts well
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... Last night the first test of the LHC (the world's largest refrigerator) went well it seems, here's an overview from the BBC along with a cool screenshot of their ...
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