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'Perfect' Liquid Hot Enough to be Quark Soup (w/ Video)

Recent analyses from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a 2.4-mile-circumference "atom smasher" at the U.S. DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, establish that collisions of gold ions traveling at ...

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created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Large Hadron Collider preparing 2010 new science restart

At its 153rd session today, the CERN Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last ...

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 3

Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions

(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 27

Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang

(AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

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created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 27

Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher

A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Monday.

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (17) | comments 22

Restart of Large Hadron Collider now November

(AP) -- Repairs to two small helium leaks in the world's largest atom smasher will delay the restart of the giant machine another month until November, a spokesman for the operator said Thursday.

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 33

Austria to pull out of European CERN institute

Austria is pulling out of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), Science Minister Johannes Hahn announced Thursday, citing budget concerns.

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 4


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