Chinese mine blast toll doubles Nov 22, 2009
The authorities are likely to be concerned that the accident happened in a state-run mine, says our correspondent ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Scant welcome for refugees in Japan Nov 22, 2009
"Among the parliament members from the governing party coalition there are many people who have shown concern about refugee issues," he says ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
World's largest particle accelerator restarted Nov 22, 2009
Scientists at the organization, known as CERN, successfully established a clockwise circulating particle beam in the giant machine named Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at 10 p.m. local time (2100 GMT) on Friday, the organization said in a statement. "It's great to see beam circulating in the LHC again," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer ... A failure in an electrical connection led to serious damage, and CERN has spent over a year repairing and consolidating the machine to ensure that such an... (Xinhuanet, China)
Big Bang Machine Back Up After Electrical Fault Nov 22, 2009
Nov. 21: Scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider. Nov. 21: Scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider ... CERN, as it is known, had hoped by 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) Saturday to get the beams to travel the 27-kilometer (17-mile) circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border, but things went so well Friday evening that they had achieved the operation seven hours earlier. (Fox News)
Cannabis 'affecting young minds' Nov 22, 2009
Barbara Herts, YoungMinds chief executive, said: "Many young people are experimenting with cannabis from a young age. "We are extremely concerned that there is still very little known about the effects of cannabis on the developing teenage brain and it is crucial that more studies are carried out in this area. " She said virtually all of the research on both short and longer-term cognitive effects has been conducted on adults. This is a problem as the young, developing brain could be much more... (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
NHS heroin 'will protect women' Nov 22, 2009
The Ipswich deaths raised concerns over links between sex and drugs ... Cern Collider makes fast progress ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Jordan's king urges US peace push Nov 22, 2009
While Iraq was a source of concern, "the wellspring of regional division, the source of resentment and frustration... is the denial of justice and peace in Palestine" ... Cern Collider makes fast progress ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
7 p.m. on CTV: Nov 22, 2009
CERN acknowledges that there are miniscule risks -- they admit to it so please spare the convoluted retorts. kc-bby. (Globe and Mail -- Front Page)
End 'cheap bevvies', Welsh urges Nov 22, 2009
"This is a major social issue and needs to be tackled as such by our politicians in a democracy, and this should transcend the concerns of those in the alcohol industry who feel their profitability will be compromised." ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (BBC News -- UK)
Facial wounds 'higher among poor' Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Rate of facial wounds 'much higher among poorest Scots. Page last updated at 01:01 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Student visas 'soar' after change Nov 22, 2009
Responding to the immigration officers' concerns, Jeremy Oppenheim, who runs the points-based system at the UK Border Agency, said that the number of students coming into the UK this year was "roughly the same as last year". But figures subsequently obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act show there has been a sharp increase in the number of student visas granted in India and Bangladesh - two of the biggest centres for non-EU student visa applications. (BBC News -- UK)
Lawnmowers 'injure thousands' Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Ride-on lawnmowers 'injure thousands every year. Page last updated at 00:15 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Psychic force Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Can psychics help to solve crime. Page last updated at 06:01 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Quacking idea Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Hustings held for Tory candidate in 'duck island' seat. Page last updated at 16:18 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
PM and Cameron sorry over photos Nov 22, 2009
Officials at Westminster Abbey raised concerns that the leaders had failed to notify senior staff they were to be pictured in its Field of Remembrance ... Head of communications at the abbey, Duncan Jeffrey, told the BBC he had raised concerns with the leaders' spokesmen. (BBC News -- UK)
Impounded ferry cleared to sail Nov 22, 2009
A cross-Channel ferry impounded by safety inspectors amid concerns about its safety has been told it can sail ... The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the company and crew had worked hard to address its concerns ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (BBC News -- UK)
CERN Starts Particle Collider After 14-Month Closure From Electrical Fault Nov 22, 2009
CERN Restarts Hadron Collider After 14-Month Delay Over Fault - Bloomberg ... CERN Restarts Hadron Collider After 14-Month Delay Over Fault ... 9 billion) collider days after it started on Sept. 10, 2008, according to the agency, known by its French acronym, CERN. The operating temperature of minus 271 degrees Celsius (minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit) was reached again last month, it said. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Hearing for US army base 'gunman' Nov 22, 2009
Arizona Senator John McCain told AP news agency on Saturday he believed "political correctness" had played a role in preventing concerns about Maj Hasan being acted upon ... Cern Collider makes fast progress. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cern Collider makes fast progress Nov 22, 2009
Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC will create similar conditions to those which were present moments after the Big Bang. "We are further advanced now than where we were after five days of experiment last year," said Cern's director of accelerators Steve Myers ... "It's all been pretty positive so far," said James Gillies, director of communications for Cern. (BBC News -- Europe)
Big Bang atom-smasher restarts after 14 months Nov 21, 2009
CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus - Europe - World - The Times of India ... CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus ... About two hours later the scientists circulated another beam in the opposite direction, which was the initial goal in getting the machine going again and moving it toward collisions of protons, CERN said. (India Times, India)
Large Hadron Collider: Beams Are Back on at World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Nov 21, 2009
20, 2009) Particle beams are once again zooming around the world's most powerful particle accelerator -- the Large Hadron Collider -- located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland ... "It's great to see beam circulating in the LHC again," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer ... Repairs being made in March 2009 to the damaged section of the LHC. (Credit: Courtesy of CERN). (Science Daily)
Giant atom-smasher poised for restart: CERN Nov 21, 2009
A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. CERN plans to restart the world's biggest atom-smasher -- which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults -- this weekend ... The first beam of sub-atomic particles are expected to be injected into the Large Hadron Collider "early Saturday morning," CERN spokesman James Gillies told AFP, while adding that the timing was not set in stone. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Circulation of LHC Beams Could Resume in Earnest over the Weekend Nov 21, 2009
HIGH ENERGY, HIGH STAKES: Personnel in the CERN control room track the movement of the first particle beam to wend its way through the Large Hadron Collider in more than a year ... "We're hoping to have beam overnight in the LHC," James Gillies, a spokesperson for CERN, the European particle physics lab that operates the LHC, said Friday ... New physics or not, the prospect of simply getting the machine running is cause for excitement at CERN, where many years and billions of dollars have been... (Scientific American)
Race to recreate Big Bang conditions is on again Nov 21, 2009
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research have established circulating particle beams in both directions in the underground Large Hadron Collider, a step which is already beyond where the experiment stalled during a first attempt in September 2008, CERN spokesman James Gillies said. The Linac 2 (Linear Accelerator 2) is pictured at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva October 16, 2008 ... "The Large Hadron Collider is a far better... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Italian TV bins reality shows Nov 21, 2009
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Large Hadron Collider works again Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts after 14 months ... Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts after 14 months ... Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC will create similar conditions to those which were present moments after the Big Bang. (BBC News -- Europe)
In pictures: Machine reboots Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - In pictures: Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts ... In pictures: Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts ... Scientists at Cern in Geneva have restarted the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment, which hopes to shed light on the origins of the universe. (BBC News -- Science)
Mad cow disease no longer a priority Nov 21, 2009
Teilchenbeschleuniger am Cern arbeitet wieder. Panorama: 21. (Yahoo News -- Mad Cow Disease)
'Big Bang' machine to re-start Nov 20, 2009
Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC will create similar conditions to those which were present moments after the Big Bang ... But James Gillies, director of communications at Cern, told BBC News: "There won't be any circulating beam before Saturday morning. "They are scheduled to start putting particles in the LHC (on Friday) evening. (BBC News -- Science)
Science news » Nov 19, 2009
The agency did not recommend countries set limits on how many children people should have, but said: "Women with access to reproductive health services . Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.DNA taken from 69 crocodiles housed in the moats of the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center showed nearly 50 percent were Siamese crocodiles, which until... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Big Bang machine near restart after repairs Nov 18, 2009
Maximilien Brice / CERNA worker is dwarfed by components of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS detector during its construction phase ... This time the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, is taking a cautious approach with the super-sophisticated equipment, said James Gillies ... CERN had to clean "soot-like dust" from the firehose-size pipes meant to contain an extreme vacuum so that nothing would obstruct the proton beams passing through. (MSNBC -- Environment)
LHC nears restart after repairs Nov 18, 2009
Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC will recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang. Two beams of protons will be fired around the tunnel. (BBC News -- Europe)
Doomsday not in 2012 Nov 17, 2009
Last year, CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, said the same thing, which I guess is good news for those of us who are habitually jittery ... CERNs pronouncements were intended to allay concerns that a black hole would be spit out of its new Large Hadron Collider and eat the Earth ... Last year, CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, said the same thing, which is good news for those of us who are habitually jittery. (India Times)
* Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher @jjl p Nov 16, 2009
A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the worlds biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced. Bits of a French loaf dropped on an external electrical power supply caused a short circuit last week, triggering failsafe devices that shut down part of the cooling system of the giant experiment to probe the secrets of the universe, CERN said ... The bird escaped unharmed but lost its bread, CERN... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Design Museum Shows Ergonomics Re... Nov 13, 2009
Ergonomics Real Design looks at this science, investigating the theories and methods behind the design of everyday items such as TV remote controls and a commode by Pearson Loyd, as well as highly complex projects such as the CERN Control Room. The exhibition examines the relationship between man and machine and asks how designers can make the best of this relationship. (Suite101.com)
Atom-smasher ready to reboot Nov 13, 2009
Even physicists who are not on the ground at CERN, awaiting for news from the LHC abroad, haven't given up. When push comes to shove, the name of the game is 'what is nature,' and we're not going to know until our experimental colleagues tell us," --Mark Wise, professor of physics at Caltech RELATED TOPICS Mark Wise, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, said he's just as excited about the results that will come out of the LHC as he was last year, and views the... (CNN)
Did a Time-Traveling Bird Sabotage the Hadron Collider? Nov 11, 2009
An engineer works on CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2007 Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty ... "A bit of baguette," says Mike Lamont of the control center of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which built and maintains the LHC. Apparently, a passing bird may have dropped the chunk of bread on an electrical substation above the accelerator, causing a power cut ... Bech Nielsen of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and Masao Ninomiya of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical... (Time.com)
Swiss inquiry into Cern terror suspect underway Nov 9, 2009
The 32-year-old suspect was a researcher connected to but not employed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) ... Cern, a joint project backed by 20 member states, has sites on the border of Switzerland and France. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Bird beats big bang with bit of baguette Nov 9, 2009
Baguette Crumb Halts Large Hadron Collider. The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Bird drops bread crumbs, hits restart of giant collider Nov 9, 2009
According to a report in the Guardian, a Cern spokeswoman, Christine Sutton, said that scientists had headed above ground to investigate when they made their discovery. The problem related to the high voltage supply, Sutton said. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
* World News Quick Take Nov 8, 2009
CERN, the European particle physics lab, launched the collider on Sept. 10 last year. Tests on Monday were stopped after the power supply to the collider was cut. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
At 60, Wintour is in her spring Nov 8, 2009
The media world's in free-fall in the horrific recession, including Wintour's Vogue, but on this 00004000 recent morning, the concern that has brought the editrix to the doctor is less about the dreadful state of the magazine advertising economy, and rumors that she's going to be axed, than about genetics and aging and, in particular, the state of her vision ... On Nov. 3, Wintour turned 60, and it appears that her greatest health concern is her eyesight will fail as it did her late father ...... (New York Post -- Business)
Next big thing on Web Grid Nov 1, 2009
It is a revolution, say scientists of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) because it uses the internet but is not the internet ... Small computer grids similar to power grids have been in operation for some time, but CERN's will be the biggest one of them all and will become a reality when its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) becomes operational this month ... Maarten Litmaath, the Dutch phycisist who heads CERN's computing centre, told TOI, When it begins operations, the LHC... (India Times, India)
Coming soon, biggest thing since Internet: The Grid Nov 1, 2009
CERN (Geneva): With domain names in Hindi, Arabic and Chinese set to become a reality on the web, the pundits in this science hub of Switzerland, where the internet was arguably invented, claim the next giant leap towards internationalisation will be the grid, which is just weeks away from powering up ... It is a revolution, say scientists of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) because it uses the internet but is not the internet ... Small computer grids similar to power grids... (India Times)
Large Hadron Collider Back On (Universe Still Okay) Oct 30, 2009
The preliminary run was low key compared with the ill-fated switch-on in September last year, but CERN scientists said the first beams suggested that the 3 ... The acid test of any accelerator is when you put the beam in, said Steve Myers, director of accelerators and technology at CERN. We were holding our breath a little bit, but it worked incredibly well. (Fox News)
Particle beams injected into LHC Oct 27, 2009
Gianluigi Arduini, Cern. Since then, engineers have been working to repair the damage. (BBC News -- Science)
'Big bang' experiment is hacked Oct 26, 2009
A spokesman for Cern, the lab that houses the LHC, said the hackers put up a message on the facility's website ... Cern spokesman James Gillies told the BBC that the compromised computer was not connected to the accelerator itself. (BBC News -- Technology)
Collider gearing up for bizarre test Oct 19, 2009
The collider was built by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, to accelerate protons to energies of seven trillion electron volts around an 18-mile underground racetrack and then crash them together into primordial fireballs. For the record, as of the middle of September, CERN engineers hope to begin to collide protons at the so-called injection energy of 450 billion electron volts in December and then ramp up the energy until the protons have 3 ... It was later that fall, of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Crazy ideas about life collide with particles of truth Oct 18, 2009
According to Nielsen, this cancellation was an "anti-miracle''. He and Ninomiya said the Large Hadron Collider would fail before it opened last year. They have even proposed a giant game of chance to see if the quest to find the Higgs is worth pursuing. If the outcome is unlikely enough - say, pulling a card that said "no" among several million saying "yes" - then forget it. Predictably, other physicists have been scornful of this line of reasoning, and have made unkind comparisons to Harry... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
What Damage Did Supercollider Suspect Do? Oct 18, 2009
Physicist Linked to Terrorists Had Minimal Access at CERN - ABC News ... CERN Physicist Accused of Terror Links; What Access Did He Have ... A technician walks under the core magnet of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in the French village of Cessy, near Geneva March 22, 2007. (ABC News)
LHC gets colder than deep space Oct 17, 2009
James Gillies, director of communications, Cern ... It is operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), based in Geneva ... Collisions at high energy have been scheduled to occur in December, but now look more likely to happen in January, according to Cern's director of communications James Gillies. (BBC News -- Europe)
Does this make your head hurt? Oct 17, 2009
In 1995, the CERN particle accelerator facility in Geneva created atoms of antihydrogen. The layman's explanation: Matter is made of extremely tiny particles, which have various masses, electric charges, spins, and so on. (BBC News -- UK)
Large Hadron Collider: 5 Things You Didn't Know Oct 15, 2009
Since September 2008, the LHC -- and by extension, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) that runs it -- has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, ever since damage from a helium leak delayed the machine's planned launch ... As CERN prepares for its November rendezvous with the LHC, and al-Qaeda scrambles to reschedule theirs, we present about the Large Hadron Collider. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
How a French Physicist Became a Terrorism Suspect Oct 15, 2009
By Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Inside a facility at CERN near Geneva, where French nuclear physicist Adl;ne Hicheur worked; he was arrested on Oct. 8, 2009 Martial Trezzini / Keystone / AP ... Reports in the French and British media initially focused on Hicheur's scientific work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which has a gigantic particle collider straddling the France-Switzerland border ... Neither was true: CERN says it has nothing on its property that could be used to... (Time.com)
Internet's Inventor Regrets the Whole Backslash Thing Oct 15, 2009
Slashes were a computer programming convention when Sir Tim developed the first web server while working at the CERN physics laboratory in 1990. They are now added automatically by most web browsers so that users only need to type in "www". (Fox News)
CERN physicist accused of terror links. What access did he have? Oct 14, 2009
CERN physicist accused of terror links ... CERN physicist accused of terror links ... Adlne Hicheur worked in a large group that has run experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
* Charges filed against al-Qaeda physicist Oct 14, 2009
It does take some intelligence, it does take some dedication to achieve qualifications at that level, said James Gillies, spokesman for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, which operates the collider. At CERN in Switzerland, the suspect worked in a laboratory studying antimatter and the Big Bang theory on the origin of the universe ... CERN featured in Dan Browns best-seller Angels s, which was turned into a movie starring Tom Hanks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Terror charges filed against French physicist Oct 13, 2009
He was one of more than 7,000 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest atom smasher, said the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN.. Research had no military applicationThe physicist had no contact with anything that could be used for terrorism, CERN said in a statement ... The suspect had not been seen at CERN for several months, according to spokesman James Gillies. (MSNBC -- International)
Big Bang scientist nabbed Oct 13, 2009
The 32-year-old engineer, who was studying the universe's birth the Big Bang at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), was arrested on Thursday last week by police intelligence ... The suspect's 25-year-old brother, who does not work at CERN, was also arrested last week but has since been released without charge ... It added, however, that "he was not a CERN employee and performed his research under a contract with an outside institute. His work did not bring him into contact... (iAfrica.com)
Scientist on French terror charge Oct 13, 2009
Cern's particle collider aims to recreate conditions of the Big Bang ... The 32-year-old man of Algerian descent works at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), Europe's main centre for studying particle physics ... The researcher had been working on an experiment at the Cern laboratory which houses the giant Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate the conditions that existed just after the Big Bang. (BBC News -- Europe)
French Physicist Faces Terror Charges Oct 13, 2009
The LHC (large hadron collider) is seen in its tunnel at CERN,a European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, May 31, 2007. A CERN nuclear physicist was arrested today on suspicion of links to terrorist groups ... "This guy has a doctorate in particle physics, so he's clearly an intelligent person. It does take some intelligence, it does take some dedication to achieve qualifications at that level," said James Gillies, spokeman for the European Organization for Nuclear Research,... (CBS News -- World)
Hadron Collider worker arrested Oct 12, 2009
Hadron Collider worker exchanged emails with al-Qaeda contact. Hadron Collider worker exchanged emails with al-Qaeda contact. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Physicist working at CERN arrested Oct 12, 2009
French police have arrested a physicist working at CERN, Europe s premier particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, on charges of terrorism ... There is no evidence that his work at CERN is connected to terrorism, according to laboratory spokesman James Gillies ... All work at the laboratory is published in the open domain and is not military in nature, said a CERN statement. (Scientific American)
Hadron Collider worker exchanged emails with al-Qaeda contact Oct 12, 2009
October 12, 2009 - 9:50AM. The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Physicist held in France over 'terror links' Oct 10, 2009
CERN: "None of our research has potential for military application" ... European Organization For Nuclear Research (CERN) research center near Geneva, Switzerland ... "His work did not bring him into contact with anything that could be used for terrorism," the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said in a news release. (CNN -- World)
