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LHC begins smashing atoms

ABC Science - Tue 24 Nov 09

Two circulating beams have produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, three days after its restart.

Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits

The Independent - Tue 24 Nov 09

The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward yesterday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the ...

First collisions in Cern collider

BBC News - Mon 23 Nov 09

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

Large hadron collider awakens after long repair outage

The Christian Science Monitor - Tue 24 Nov 09

Physicists worldwide are performing a low-energy version of the happy dance now that the Large Hadron Collider is slowing coming back on line. Over the weekend, scientists at Europe's high-energy ...

Big bang simulator achieves first proton collisions

The Guardian - Tue 24 Nov 09

Scientists rejoiced last night when they managed to smash proton beams together for the first time in a £6bn giant machine designed to reveal clues about the origins of the universe.Physicists ...

LHC generates first proton beam collision

UPI - Mon 23 Nov 09

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, located underground near the French-Swiss border, say proton beams have collided for the first time in the machine.

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

SpaceDaily - Tue 24 Nov 09

Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 24, 2009 - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the ...

Two circulating beams bring first collisions in Large Hadron Collider

ScienceDaily - Tue 24 Nov 09

The Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator -- circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time on Nov. 23, allowing the operators to test the synchronization ...

CERN Making Strong Progress On LHC Repairs

RedOrbit - Mon 23 Nov 09

Scientists working on the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions in an effort to better understand the origins of the universe, ...