Wide Angle: The Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most complex experiment ever constructed by mankind. After a stalled start-up, the particle accelerator is circulating protons once more, but will the LHC herald a revolution in our understanding of the Universe?
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What is the LHC Trying to Accomplish?
As the Large Hadron Collider begins high-energy experiments, smashing protons together at record energies, what are the physicists at CERN trying to achieve?
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Atom-Smasher One Collision Closer to Understanding Matter
By crashing two proton beams together at more force than ever before, the Large Hadron Collider begins its bid to learn details about the fundamentals of space and matter.
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Large Hadron Collider Makes History with 1.18 TeV Protons
Beating the record set by Fermilab's Tevatron in 2001, the LHC has proven that it is capable of accelerating protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV.
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First Proton Collisions in the LHC
In a surprise development, CERN announced that the LHC had carried out its fist low-power particle collisions on Monday, Nov. 22. The hunt for the Higgs particle has officially begun.
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Large Hadron Collider Circulates Proton Beam
On Nov. 20, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) restarted its quest for the Higgs boson by circulating the first particle beam since the accelerator's much publicized "quench" in 2008.
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The LHC Higgs Boson Hunter
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to be fired up and Professor Jonathan Butterworth hopes that the ATLAS detector uncovers far more exotic physics than just the Higgs particle.
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Top 5 Misconceptions About The LHC
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a complex piece of kit and the stuff it will discover could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. That sounds well and good, but what's all this crazy talk about the LHC being some kind of doomsday device?
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10 Questions the LHC May Answer
The $10-billion structure at Geneva collided particles at three times previous energy levels. Find out what universal and mysterious questions those collisions could help answer.
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Man-Made (But Very Tiny) Black Holes Possible
There was a huge stir when physicists announced the LHC might create micro-black holes, but these tiny entities are harmless.
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"God" Hates The Higgs Boson
The LHC has had its fare share of wacky theories, but this one is probably the strangest. Is the accelerator being sabotaged by Higgs particles traveling back from the future? And does it mean "God" hates the mysterious particle?
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