Excitement at 'big bang' re-start Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Large Hadron Collider: Re-start excites scientists ... Large Hadron Collider: Re-start excites scientists ... The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment has been re-started after a hiatus of 14 months. (BBC News)
'Big Bang' experiment to re-start Nov 21, 2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment could be re-started on Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said. The 6bn machine on the French-Swiss border is designed to shed light on fundamental questions about the cosmos. (BBC News)
Hawley joined by Monkey on stage Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Richard Hawley joined by Arctic Monkeys star at gig. Page last updated at 14:16 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Nov 21, 2009
Page last updated at 02:13 GMT, Friday, 1 December 2006. US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Scientists beam about collider’s restart Nov 21, 2009
It took a year of repairs before beams of protons circulated late yesterday in the Large Hadron Collider for the first time since it was heavily damaged by a simple electrical fault. Circulation of the beams was a significant leap forward. (Boston Globe)
Homeward bound Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Nigeria's returning entrepreneurs. Page last updated at 00:01 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- Business)
Dangerous seas Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Can Somali pirates be defeated. Page last updated at 20:23 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- Europe)
Queen mother Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Mother's fond memories of Queen star Freddie. Page last updated at 10:32 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- Europe)
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. CERN. (Scientific American)
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 ... Researchers cheer as Large Hadron Collider reboots. (BBC News -- Europe)
Yacht pair plead for ransom talks Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - UK couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear for lives. Page last updated at 19:41 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Police urged to visit all victims Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Police should visit all victims, says home secretary. Page last updated at 00:32 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Mock alert for emergency services Nov 21, 2009
Page last updated at 08:33 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. The mock exercise aims to test a range of emergency services. (BBC News -- UK)
Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Tamiflu-resistant swine flu spreads 'between patients. Page last updated at 17:14 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Children in Need hits 20.3m mark Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Children in Need: Stars help charity to raise 20. Page last updated at 09:10 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Flood-hit areas braced for rain Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Cumbria flood areas braced for more rain. Page last updated at 08:44 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Football fans encouraged to kick smoking habit into touch Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Smokefree United helping football fans to quit. Page last updated at 00:51 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Floods force 500 from homes Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Flood waters force 500 from homes. Page last updated at 07:50 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Tributes paid to flood death Pc Nov 21, 2009
Page last updated at 16:54 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. Pc Barker was about to celebrate his 45th birthday. (BBC News -- UK)
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 ... 10, 2008) Scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile-long underground circular path of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle. (Science Daily)
CD player production ends at Linn Nov 21, 2009
Page last updated at 16:58 GMT, Thursday, 19 November 2009. By Douglas Fraser BBC Scotland's Business Editor. (BBC News -- Technology)
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Hackers target leading climate research unit. Page last updated at 14:13 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- Technology)
Could the UK face 'cyber attack'? Nov 21, 2009
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Large Hadron Collider Nov 21, 2009
MARTIAL TREZZINI / AP. Mysteries of the universe. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Bodies of Mumbai gunmen unburied Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Bodies of gunmen in Mumbai attacks remain unburied. Page last updated at 11:40 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009. (BBC News -- South Asia)
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 Large Hadron Collider is a far better understood machine than a year ago," said CERN's Director for Accelerators Steve Myers. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Brain 'can beat early blindness' Nov 21, 2009
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Vatican talks over Anglican plan Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Archbishop of Canterbury meets Pope over Anglican plan. Page last updated at 05:48 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
'Big Bang' machine to re-start Nov 20, 2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment could be re-started on Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said. Engineers are preparing to send a beam of sub-atomic particles all the way round the 27km-long circular tunnel which houses the LHC.. (BBC News -- Science)
LHC nears restart after repairs Nov 18, 2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs. But officials have avoided giving an exact date for sending beams of protons around the 27km (17 mile) circular tunnel which houses the collider. (BBC News -- Europe)
Big Bang machine near restart after repairs Nov 18, 2009
Scientists hope to restart Large Hadron Collider this weekend. Maximilien Brice / CERNA worker is dwarfed by components of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS detector during its construction phase ... Scientists expect to send beams of protons around the 27-kilometer (17-mile) circular tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, but they have refrained from setting a date. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Russian science still 'thriving' Nov 17, 2009
Some Russian scientists want to see projects like the Large Hadron Collider. "Many of my colleagues are excited by the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, a product of the collective work of European, American and Russian scientists," he said. (BBC News -- Europe)
Doomsday not in 2012 Nov 17, 2009
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. The announcements by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in the form of several Web site postings and a video posted on YouTube, were in response to worries that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, when a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan calendar supposedly comes to a close. (India Times)
* Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher @jjl p Nov 16, 2009
The multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider was barely affected, a spokeswoman said. The bird escaped unharmed but lost its bread, CERN said in a statement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Did a Time-Traveling Bird Sabotage the Hadron Collider? Nov 11, 2009
Large Hadron Collider: Damaged by a Time-Traveling Bird ... An engineer works on CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2007 Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty ... Sometime on Nov. 3, the supercooled magnets in sector 81 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), outside Geneva, began to dangerously overheat. (Time.com)
Bird drops bread crumbs, hits restart of giant collider Nov 9, 2009
LONDON: Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a bit of baguette into the machine, causing it to overheat ... Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a bit of baguette into the machine, causing it to overheat. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Bird beats big bang with bit of baguette Nov 9, 2009
Baguette Crumb Halts Large Hadron Collider ... The tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider ... As a result, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had to postpone their plans last week to emulate the universe's Big Bang. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
* World News Quick Take Nov 8, 2009
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a bird dropped a bit of baguette into the machine, causing it to overheat. CERN, the European particle physics lab, launched the collider on Sept. 10 last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Quantum computing: Rise of machines Nov 7, 2009
Study of genetic codes creates a petabyte (1 followed by 15 zeroes) of data yearly while the world's biggest machine, the Large Hadron Collider, will be generating an exabyte (1 followed by 18 zeroes) of data every year, according to the Max Planck Society, Munich ... Study of genetic codes creates a petabyte (1 followed by 15 zeroes) of data yearly while the world's biggest machine, the Large Hadron Collider, will be generating an exabyte (1 followed by 18 zeroes) of data every year, according... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Large Hadron Collider Halted By Bird Crumbs Nov 7, 2009
March 22, 2007: Magnet core of the largest superconducting solenoid magnet at European Organization for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider. March 22, 2007: Magnet core of the largest superconducting solenoid magnet at European Organization for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider. (Fox News)
Apple not so sweet in China Nov 7, 2009
Science It is that time of year again when the boffins at the European Organization for Nuclear Research put on their gloves and fire up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for another round of atomic racing. Last week, the world's largest machine was in action again as the first beam of particles went into the pipe since its catastrophic failure in September last year. (Asia Times Online)
Next big thing on Web Grid Nov 1, 2009
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 will produce roughly 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes or equivalent to storage capacity of 20 million CDs) of data annually, which thousands of... (India Times, India)
Large Hadron Collider Back On (Universe Still Okay) Oct 30, 2009
March 22, 2007: Magnet core of the largest superconducting solenoid magnet at European Organization for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider. March 22, 2007: Magnet core of the largest superconducting solenoid magnet at European Organization for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider ... After starting with a bang, which promptly turned into a whimper, scientists quietly powered up the Large Hadron Collider for a second time. (Fox News)
Particle beams injected into LHC Oct 27, 2009
Engineers working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have successfully injected beams of particles into two sections of the vast machine. An LHC spokesperson said this was the first time particle beams had been inside the LHC since it was shut down late in September 2008. (BBC News -- Science)
'Big bang' experiment is hacked Oct 26, 2009
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. (BBC News -- Technology)
Galileo upended science Oct 25, 2009
Some scientists say that we may be on the edge of yet another such turning point as the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), gears up to search for a theoretical sub-atomic particle that could explain how matter acquires mass. "Dark matter" and "dark energy" deemed to account for 96 percent of the cosmos are other theorised puzzles. (iAfrica.com)
Uncertainty and Quantum Entanglemen... Oct 23, 2009
" Pliny the Elder may have summed it up best when he said: ...the only certainly is that nothing is certain. Uncertainty Principle In quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg determined that the more we know about the momentum of a particle (like an electron or photon), the less we know about its position. Similarly, the more we know about its position, the less we know about its momentum. Thus, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is the inability to determine (with any degree of certainty) the... (Suite101.com)
With stimulus funds SU's physics department avoids research cuts Oct 22, 2009
The money will be used to allow the group to continue working with international scientists on the European Organization for Nuclear Research's particle accelerator - the Large Hadron Collider - which has made international headlines for its research. "What it comes down to it, does the United States want to be a leader or a follower in science? And I think that we want to lead, so it is critical to take on these endeavors," said Steven Blusk, SU psychics professor and member of the Particle... (Daily Orange, NY)
Collider gearing up for bizarre test Oct 19, 2009
More than a year after an explosion of sparks, soot and frigid helium shut it down, the world's biggest and most expensive physics experiment, known as the Large Hadron Collider, is poised to start up again ... Holger Bech Nielsen of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, and Masao Ninomiya of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Kyoto, Japan, put this idea forward in a series of papers with such titles as "Test of Effect From Future in Large Hadron Collider: a Proposal" and "Search... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
What Damage Did Supercollider Suspect Do? Oct 18, 2009
8 miles) long underground ring LHC (Large Hadron Collider) ... He was part of a large group running experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). (ABC News)
Crazy ideas about life collide with particles of truth Oct 18, 2009
Fish so small they need the awesome power of the Large Hadron Collider to find them ... 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... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Does this make your head hurt? Oct 17, 2009
Two physicists recently suggested that the Large Hadron Collider may have malfunctioned because a Higgs boson particle, travelling back in time from a future experiment, wrecked the machine. The layman's explanation: Time travel seems paradoxical - what happens if you go back in time and kill your own grandfather. (BBC News -- UK)
LHC gets colder than deep space Oct 17, 2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment has once again become one of the coldest places in the Universe ... The most powerful physics experiment ever built, the Large Hadron Collider will recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang ... Particle beams have already been brought "to the door" of the Large Hadron Collider. (BBC News -- Europe)
This Week In Doom Oct 16, 2009
But beyond the fictionalized threats of alien invasion and the T-Virus, we find ourselves particularly entertained by the seemingly reasonable threats proposed by the world's leading experts in matters of science, such as reports this week that two Chinese physicists have created an electromagnetic black hole on Earth and that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged by itself;from the future ... As for our favorite black hole creating device in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),... (IGN Gear)
Large Hadron Collider: 5 Things You Didn't Know Oct 15, 2009
Any way you look at it, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the biggest scientific experiment of all time ... As CERN prepares for its November rendezvous with the LHC, and al-Qaeda scrambles to reschedule theirs, we present about the Large Hadron Collider ... 1- The Large Hadron Collider is kept colder than outer space. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* Charges filed against al-Qaeda physicist Oct 14, 2009
AL-QAEDA LINK: Officials said the suspect, who works on the Large Hadron Collider, has acknowledged corresponding with a north African group that targets Algerian forces AP , PARIS Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009, Page 6 ... The 32-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, who works on the Large Hadron Collider, is suspected of involvement with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a North African group that targets Algerian government forces and sometimes attacks foreigners ... The physicist is one of more... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
CERN physicist accused of terror links. What access did he have? Oct 14, 2009
The CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, undergoes winter maintenance work, in this Jan 12 file photo ... Adlne Hicheur worked in a large group that has run experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider ... He was part of a large group running experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
French physicist with Al Qaeda links charged Oct 13, 2009
The 32-year-old physicist, who works on the Large Hadron Collider, is suspected of involvement with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a North African group that targets Algerian government forces and sometimes attacks foreigners. The physicist, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, was arrested Thursday. (Boston Globe)
Scientist on French terror charge Oct 13, 2009
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. It is located on the Swiss-French border. (BBC News -- Europe)
Big Bang scientist nabbed Oct 13, 2009
The lab confirmed on Friday that a physicist working on the Large Hadron Collider had been arrested on "suspicion of links to terrorist organisations.". 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 with anything that could be used for terrorism.". (iAfrica.com)
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 ... The 32-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, who works on the Large Hadron Collider, is suspected of involvement with North African group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ... The well-educated physicist is one of more than 7,000 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, which straddles the border between France and Switzerland. (CBS News -- World)
Physicist exchanged e-mails with al-Qaida contact Oct 12, 2009
The 32-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin was one of more than 7,000 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He and his brother were taken into custody Thursday in southeastern French city of Vienne. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Physicist linked to terrorists, police say Oct 10, 2009
The projects are aimed at making discoveries about the makeup of matter when the Large Hadron Collider - the world's largest atom smasher - starts collecting data later this year or early next year. The laboratory has been working for years to build the collider. (AZCentral -- News)
Physicist held in France over 'terror links' Oct 10, 2009
PARIS, France (CNN) -- A man arrested in France on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations is a physicist who was working with the agency known for being home of the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator ... LHCb stands for the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. (CNN -- World)
French arrest physicist suspected of al-Qaida link Oct 10, 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. ... The projects are aimed at making discoveries about the makeup of matter when the Large Hadron Collider starts collecting data later this year or early next year. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
