Cern's Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions

[JI7]

Source: bbc

Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time.

The step was described as a "great achievement" for those working on the huge physics experiment.

The low-energy collisions came after researchers circulated two beams simultaneously in the LHC's 27km-long tunnel earlier on Monday.

The LHC will smash together beams of protons to shed light on the cosmos.

Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC is the world's largest machine and will create similar conditions to those present moments after the Big Bang.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8375486.stm

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Next thing you know, they will be bombing the moon.

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[proteus_lives]

2. And the world didn't get sucked into a black hole. Cool!

:thumbsup:

[Harry Monroe]

18. For all we know, we could all be in a black hole right now and not even know it!

So THIS is what it is like!! Cool!!

[TheCoxwain]

37. That will unite democrats and republicans !!!

:rofl:

[FSogol]

3. That's funny, the Bible doesn't mention protons. This is probably just

liberal science. ;-)

[laconicsax]

5. You must not be reading it right.

Remember: The Bible can be made to say pretty much anything at all. If you can't twist a passage into talking about protons, you're not trying hard enough.

[8 track mind]

9. Well....

The vast majority of the conservatives here in Texas suscribe to the theory that god spoke and POOF! The universe appeared. I love my state. :sarcasm:

[Harry Monroe]

20. "Blessed are the proton makers for they shall inherit a black hole!"

[notesdev]

6. This is cool... live LHC webcam

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[truthisfreedom]

8. Very cute.

[madmom]

10. LOL

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. The Hadron Collider would be a KICKASS name for a car nt

[valerief]

13. Or condom.

:rofl:

[Zoeisright]

17. Or a band.

[hootinholler]

32. I would not buy a car named collider unless it was a tank. n/t

[Turbineguy]

34. It would be very popular

in Florida. Lot's of terrible drivers there.

[bemildred]

11. Well, I guess the Higgs Boson was not able to stop it after all.

http://news.discovery.com/space/god-hates-the-higgs-boson.html

[Turbineguy]

12. Let's hope

their insurance is paid up. Having a collision and being behind in your premiums can really mess you up.

[Endangered Specie]

14. Blackout in 3.... 2..... 1......

*SPLAT*

[Pavulon]

15. Anybody seen this man?

[TroubleMan]

16. ROLF - a real life Gordan Freeman....

and doing the same type of work before the first Half Life. I hope there's a crowbar handy.

[Saboburns]

33. "No hole is complete witout a freeman crawling out of it"

Epic, cool game.

Thanks

[Odin2005]

35. OMG!

:rofl:

[TCJ70]

38. That's not a good sign...

...pretty soon we'll have an inter-dimensional portal open with weird beings coming out of it. Hopefully he's made friends with a security guard and has a crowbar.

[Blue_Tires]

40. "Gordon doesn't need to HEAR all of this...

he's a highly trained professional!!"

[Hugin]

41. This would explain why I keep hearing a cat.

[ncteechur]

19. USLB

united states left behind


once again, the US is left behind in science and technology by everyone else while we debate shit that should have been settled years ago.

[edbermac]

21. Just in time for Thanksgiving.

Pop it in, press the button, two seconds later...mmmm...:9

And a little radioactivity never hurt anyone.

[WhiteTara]

22. Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5AJ3TQ20091123

ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.

Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) hope experiments will already start giving clues about the origins of the universe in the coming months as the world's biggest particle collider starts moving to full power.

"It's a great achievement to have come this far in so short a time," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer about the collision, achieved by sending two bunches of subatomic particles around the ring in opposite directions.

It is only three days since the "Big Bang Machine," or Large Hadron Collider (LHC), was switched back on after being halted by an accident 14 months ago, just 10 days after its first start-up.
more

Read more: reuters

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well, I guess we didn't die after all.

[jpak]

23. Yes - I felt a disturbance in The Force

:evilgrin:

[Ilsa]

30. I'll alert Obi Won Kinobi, MAster Yoda. ;>) nt

[truthisfreedom]

24. We didn't die YET. They won't be doing full-power experiments until Christmas.

Here's a webcam if you want to watch the LHC in action:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[RoccoR5955]

25. I wonder if they found the Higgs?

Check out Alpnekat's kewl vid on the LHC here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

I am so glad to hear of this success!

[edbermac]

26. Big Bang Theory? Just go to Taco Bell and put away a few burritos.

:hurts:

[DainBramaged]

31. Here's a particle collider for ya

"Captain, if we release the cores the blast should rocket us away from the black hole!"

[phasma ex machina]

27. Thrice Upon a Time

[Tiggeroshii]

28. What is death relative to non-existence?

If we were to have the universe swallowed up by some particle accelerator, then life in the universe would cease to be. As a result, wouldn't the same go for death?

[WhiteTara]

29. napping?

seriously...great statement and amusing too. And, I hadn't thought about it in those terms...wouldn't we have to exist in a parallel universe?

[zelta gaisma]

36. ummmm ...

Not to sound like an idiot...what is the use of this? Besides being very cool?

[Hugin]

43. Well... It beats handing cash to Goldman-Sachs for one thing.

That's sure to lead to a black hole.

[zelta gaisma]

45. LOL! ok got me there :D maybe we can use the Repukes as guinea pigs to see where blackholes go

[Lance_Boyle]

39. Way to grasp acronyms, Bbc. n/t

[Posteritatis]

42. It's almost as though there's standards other than the American one for written English

How about that? Crazy!

[LeftHander]

44. First Images!!!