World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Starts April 08 17930
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/time-machine-worlds-biggest-particle.htm...
by coolguy
Wed Mar 19th, 2008 4:43pm
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"The most complicated thing that humans have ever built" describes the Large Hadron Collider ready to begin operations next month. Built underground, it runs 17 miles across the borders of two countries (Switzerland and France). The world's largest particle accelerator will smash protons together to create conditions similar to the "Big Bang" and maybe warp the space-time continuum.
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don't get your dong caught in that thing!
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