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Large Hadron Collider suffers another power cut

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 2nd 2009 1 Comment

large hadron collider failed power component Just a week after triumphantly smashing its first protons, the Large Hadron Collider has experienced another power failure which took not only the collider itself offline but temporarily killed its website. According to the LHC controllers, the failure took place in the early hours of the morning an affected an 18,000 volt power line; before the supercooled magnets had a chance to warm up, however, the diesel backup generators kicked in.

No specific cause to the problem has been confirmed, though the LHC project released this image of the broken component involved. Currently the system is partially running from power sourced through a different supply elsewhere on the site, and no lasting damage has been made to the LHC as a whole.

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Large Hadron Collider smashes its first protons

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 24th 2009 No Comments

Think back over the last 24 hours or so – did you feel a shimmer in the fabric of the universe? If not, you’re obviously not tuned into CERN, who powered up the Large Hadron Collider and fired two proton beams simultaneously for the first time yesterday. While the first collisions have already been spotted, it’s still early days for Higgs boson spotting overall: the scientists in charge of the LHC still have to ramp up the proton speed, with a target of 1.2 trillion electron volts (TeV) by Christmas.

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Large Hadron Collider bombed by carb-loaded bird

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 1 Comment

The Large Hadron Collider experienced overheating problems this week after – and we’re not making this up – a bird dropped a piece of bread onto part of the machinery. According to LHC Machine Coordinator Dr Mike Lamont, “a bit of baguette on the busbars” caused temperatures in portions of the system to rise from their regular 1.9 Kelvin to almost 8 Kelvin; the LHC is not currently operational, after previous – more serious – overheating issues back in September, but scientists working on the project claim it would have merely automatically shut down had the bird bombing occurred during actual testing.

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Large Hadron Collider decommissioned until Spring

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Sep 24th 2008 No Comments

As you most likely have already heard, the Large Hadron Collider was taken offline due to a problem with the device’s magnets. But then, we found out a full-on helium leak caused even more concern. And now we won’t see the good ‘ol LHC up and running again until the spring of next year.

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Large Hadron Collider taken offline for now

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Sep 19th 2008 1 Comment

Everyone in the science community must have uttered a sigh of disappointment today when word traveled that the Large Hadron Collider had been taken offline due to electrical problems. With all the talk of black hole creation and Higgs-Boson particle finding, it’s easy to forget this is a piece of technology, which can malfunction.

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Large Hadron Collider rap makes particle physics fun

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Sep 15th 2008 1 Comment

There’s been a lot of talk about the Large Hadron Collider this past week since the device was switched on. And besides the scientists getting death threats and various debates about whether or not the power of the collisions produced could cause a black hole, one thing is for certain: not many people understand just what this 17-mile long machine is meant to do.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 37 2008

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Sep 14th 2008 No Comments

apple ipod nano 4g touch 2g 480x457 Two significant events on the tech calendar this week, with both CTIA Wireless and Apple’s fall iPod launch hitting sunny San Francisco. SlashGear has been at both, and huge numbers of you joined us on Tuesday morning for our by-now traditional Live Blog of Steve Jobs’ slick new PMPs. Make sure to check out our unboxing videos of the new iPod nano 4G and iPod touch 2G.

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Professional Home Cinema speakers provide concert-level volume

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Sep 11th 2008 No Comments

scr 12 cropped 270x349 If you are a real home theatre enthusiast, these Professional Home Cinema speakers designed by L. Paul Hales are sure to capture some attention. After all, they can produce concert-volume sound.

These speakers are intended for the true audiophile that really doesn’t care if their neighbors hate them. The SCR-12 is a “Screen Channel” loudspeaker that can produce unrestricted volume levels like you’d hear at the local movie theatre. With digital signal processing, time-alignment and high-resolution frequency response shaping, these speakers can produce up to 130 decibels!

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Large Hadron Collider tested; scientists rejoice

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Sep 10th 2008 No Comments

Even though some apprehension led up to the device’s launch, the Large Hadron Collider was switched on today and it successfully fired protons around a 17-mile tunnel. Physicists celebrated all over the world as the “white blips” flashed across the control screens, indicating the protons had successfully completed their journey.

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Large Hadron Collider set to turn on; scientists get death threats

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Sep 8th 2008 38 Comments

doomsday collider cp 510590 The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland is all ready to be switched on September 10th, and while it could bring scientific breakthroughs, like proof of dark matter and other particles, some scientists and spectators are concerned that the device spells doomsday.

On launch day, the device will be turned on and the first proton will shoot down the collider. And even with the machine running at 450 GeV, which is under a tenth of the collider’s full capacity, and with no collisions expected (the protons are only being fired in one direction), some scientists are receiving threatening emails, death threats and concerned phone calls from people wanting the project shut down. The reason? Why, it will cause the end of the world, of course.

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