Small accidents mean big trouble for supercollider!

 By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS

GENEVA (AP) – Scientists expect startup glitches in the massive, complex machines they use to smash atoms.
But the unique qualities of the world’s largest particle collider mean that the meltdown of a small electrical connection could delay its groundbreaking research until next year, scientists said Sunday.
Because the Large Hadron Collider operates at [...]

‘Big bang’ experiment is hacked

The CMS detector was not affected by the computer hackers

Part of the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was hacked into as the world’s most powerful physics experiment got under way.
A group calling itself the ‘Greek Security Team’ hacked into a computer connected to the system last Wednesday.
A spokesman for Cern, the lab [...]

Experimentul menit să descopere secretele Big Bang-ului partea a II-a

CERN, locul unde va avea loc experimentul
Foto: CERN

Acceleratorul de particule: marile intrebari fara raspuns
 Cel mai mare si cel mai scump experiment stiintific din toate timpurile va incepe miercuri la CERN: Large Hadron Collider, un accelerator de particule in care fizicienii vor ajunge, in sfarsit, la energii de ordinul celor care stau in spatele [...]

Experimentul menit să descopere secretele Big Bang-ului ar putea duce la sfârşitul lumii

“Maşina timpului”, aşa cum a fost numit cel mai mare experiment din lume menit să descopere secretele Big Bang-ului, pune omenirea în pericol, susţin cercetătorii.
Experimentul, a cărui construcţie a costat circa 3 miliarde de euro, va fi pus în funcţiune peste nouă zile şi este localizat la 100 de metri în subteran, la graniţa dintre [...]