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GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The atom smasher near Geneva has set a record for colliding beams of particles and will move on to its main research effort in February, officials said.  

Starting from the end of November, Queen Mary's Particle Physics Research Centre is the sole recipient of the T2K experiment data. The T2K Collaboration is a 500-strong alliance of scientists in 12 countries, who have come together to investigate the ghostly neutrino. Physicist Dr Francesca Di Lodovico said: "Trillions of neutrinos pass through our bodies every second, but you don't notice; they pass through space and the Earth with almost no...  

The Swiss organization CERN announced on December 18, 2009, that the Large Hadron Collider ended its first full period of operations, in 2009, with a record-setting 2.36 tera-electron volts of...  

Germany's largest accelerator centre celebrates its anniversary today Germany's largest accelerator centre celebrates its birthday on 18 December: the research centre Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY turns 50. Since its foundation in 1959, DESY has developed into an internationally renowned centre for fundamental research. "DESY stands for top-level research in the development of particle accelerators and in the utilisation of these...  

New platform helps CERN automate virtualisation infrastructure.European particle physics organisation, CERN, is embracing server virtualization and cloud computing technology to improve CPU utilisation and the delivery of computing resources to scientists around the world.  

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The list of problems encountered by the Large Hadron Collider, a super-sized particle accelerator in Switzerland, is long and becoming longer. It ranges from French bread to French terrorists, and from black holes to time travel, and makes for increasingly entertaining reading.  

The excitement in the particle physics community is palpable at the moment, with a regular stream of tweets emitting from CERN. In the latest news, the large Hadron collider (LHC) reported that it had reached 1.18TeV with its beams, the highest energy ever recorded for an Earth-bound particle accelerator. The unexciting news is that we are all still here, and (barring a meteor strike) we will still be here when the LHC...  

Hey, we are alive! In the end we didn't need any escape pods: The Large Hadron Collider has smashed two particle beams together for the first time. However, the unknown is still ahead of us, as they ramp things up: Next on the schedule is an intense commissioning phase aimed at increasing the beam intensity and accelerating the beams. All being well, by Christmas, the LHC should reach 1.2 TeV per beam, and have provided good quantities of...  

An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved. Using this technique, scientists can now accelerate particles to extremely high velocities that would otherwise only be possible using large accelerator facilities.  

CERN's Large Hadron Collider has become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron collider since 2001. It marks another important milestone on the road to first physics at the LHC in 2010.  

New high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory heightens uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component of modern physics -- the massive fundamental particle, the Higgs boson. Particle collision data resulting in two leptons helped improve measurements of the mass of the heavy subatomic top quark, which bears on the Higgs, says a physicist who led the team.  

Geneva, 30 November 2009. CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron collider since 2001. It marks another important milestone on the road to first physics at...  

Fermilab team of physicists analyze two-lepton dataNew high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory further heightens the uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component of modern physics — the massive fundamental particle called the Higgs boson.Analysis of data from particle collisions resulting in two leptons helps improve measurements of the mass of another heavy...  

The first Italian website dedicated exclusively to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the large particle accelerator located at CERN in Geneva, has been created. The site is managed by the Press Office of Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and was activated simultaneously with the completion of the first complete cycle of the particles within the accelerator's 27-km ring, after the accident that occurred last year. The address...  

Geneva, 30 November 2009. CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider has today become the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National Accelerator ... (Read on Source)  

The recently repaired Large Hadron Collider in Geneva sets a world record for highest energy particle acceleration. - The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)'s Large Hadron Collider, a $10 billion particle accelerator located in Geneva, has set a world record by becoming the worlds highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 teraelectronvo...  

The Large Hadron Collider has today claimed the record for world’s highest energy particle accelerator. CERN, Europe’s high-energy physics laboratory near Geneva, says the LHC has accelerated its twin proton beams to 1.18 TeV, smashing the previous record of 0.98 TeV held by the US Tevatron collider. However, the LHC is still running with relatively few protons in the accelerator. In the coming the weeks this will be ramped up to increase...  

Well, they've done it: at 2028 GMT, 29 November 2009 the Large Hadron Collider officially became the most powerful particle accelerator ever built by humans. One of the proton beams in the LHC was powered up to 1.05 teraelectron volts (TeV) at that time, and three hours later both of the beams were powered to [...]  

The LHC has become the world's highest-energy particle accelerator, weighing in at over one trillion electron volts. "Until now the LHC had been operating at a relatively low energy of 450 billion electron volts. On Sunday, engineers increased the energy of this 'pilot beam,' reaching 1.18 trillion electron volts at 2344 GMT. The previous record of 0.98 trillion electron volts has been held by the Tevatron accelerator since 2001. The LHC is...  

The "Big Bang" experiment at CERN near Geneva scored a world record today by accelerating beams to the highest energy ever achieved in a particle collider, the research centre announced. Scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear...  

Oncologists have a dream: they want to use highly energetic ion beams in good quality and accurately defined dose for a pin-sharp and cost-effective radiation treatment of tumors. Modern techniques based on intense laser pulses may in the future replace expensive conventional particle accelerators. A team of physicists of the Cluster of Excellence "Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics" (MAP) lead by Prof. Dr. Dietrich Habs (Ludwig-Maximilian...  

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. On November 20 at 4:00 p.m. EST, a clockwise circulating beam was established in the LHC’s 17-mile ring.  

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. After more than one year of repairs, the LHC is now back on track to create high-energy particle collisions that may yield extraordinary insights into the nature of the physical universe.  

The Large Hadron Collider , the world's most powerful particle accelerator, is drawing near to its long-awaited reboot. More than a year after the European collider's initial start-up was quashed by a helium leak caused by a faulty electrical connection , particle beams have been injected into the collider, known as the LHC, and may be guided fully through its rings in the coming hours. [More]  

In the early hours of this morning the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern accelerated beams of particles to higher energies than any achieved beforeScientists at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern near Geneva are celebrating a major milestone after the machine broke energy records overnight to become the most powerful particle accelerator in the world.At 12.44am this morning, the LHC accelerated beams of subatomic particles to higher energies...  

Particle beams are again zooming around the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, where UMass Amherst physicists run experiments to collect data on fundamental atomic particles. The work searches for new states of matter and may unveil the secrets of dark matter.  

The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is back in news today, as the giant particle accelerator produced first particle collisions. The LHC was relaunched on the border between France and Switzerland last Friday. The 27-kilometer-long LHC is used to collide opposing particle...read more  

After more than a year of repairs, the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest machine, restarts in Geneva. - The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Geneva-based particle physics laboratory, announced the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is operating once again. Following more than a year of repairs, CERN researchers said the particle accelerator, which cost $10 billion to ...  

After a successful restart last week, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator which cost $10 billion to construct, circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time. - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the worlds largest machine, successfully circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, following the reactivation of the device on November 20. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), a Geneva...  

AMHERST, Mass. – Particle beams are once again zooming around the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, where a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst physicists run experiments to collect data on fundamental atomic particles. The work could reveal new states of matter and unveil the secrets of dark matter.  

Physics Today: Updated: 2:38PM EST and 4:40PM EST: Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), announced that they have sent a particle beam around the 27-kilometer collider. "It’s great to see beam circulating in the LHC again," said CERN director...  

Engineers have successfully injected beams of particles into two sections of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marking the first time particle beams have been inside the LHC since it was shut down in September 2008, BBC News reported.Scientists working on the giant particle accelerator called it "a milestone" and plan to circulate a beam around the 16 mile-long tunnel in November.Last year, a magnet problem called a "quench" caused the LHC to...  

The LHC, the world's largest particle accelerator, has been under repair for more than a year because of an electrical failure in September 2008. Now, excitement and mysticism are building again around the $10 billion machine as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) gears up to circulate a high-energy proton beam around the collider's 17-mile tunnel. The event should take place this month, said Steve Myers, CERN's Director for...  

I've made a couple of oblique references to this over the past couple of months, but I have an article in the new issue of Physics World, on experiments using molecules to search for an electric dipole moment of the electron: When most of us think about searching for physics beyond the Standard Model - the dominant paradigm of particle physics - the first thing that springs to mind is probably a gigantic particle accelerator like CERN's Large...  

A consortium of Boston-area researchers hopes to fill in a missing piece of a fundamental theory of physics within the next couple months, when groundbreaking tests are carried out at the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. The g...  

Geneva, 20 November 2009. Particle beams are once again circulating in the world's most powerful particle accelerator, CERN 's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This news comes after the machine was handed over for operation on Wednesday morning. A clockwise circulating beam was established at ten o'clock this evening. This is an important milestone on the road towards first physics at the LHC, expected in 2010.  

New Scientist’s Valerie Jamieson blogs today that other blogs – those that take physics seriously – are abuzz with rumours that a particle of dark matter has tripped through a detector in the Soudan mine deep beneath Minnesota. She first reported, and then took back in an updated iteration of her blog, that a paper [...]  

Boy, you go away for a weekend, and all sorts of stuff starts happening at the biggest science fair the world has ever seen. The CERN collaboration's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sent beams of protons flying around its 27 km length in each direction over the weekend, and Monday saw them run two beams simultaneously and slam them into one another, producing the collider's first ever particle collisions. It would appear that any time-traveling...  

Some people are beginning to think that:The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator has, according to the Register, shut down the whole operation...  

Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced.In a statement, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said two beams circulating simultaneously led to collisions at all four detection points during the afternoon and evening.  

The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator has, ... (Read on Source)  

The Large Hadron Collider has started crashing particles together, albeit at low energies. Here is the first snapshot taken by one of the machine's giant detectorsAfter 14 months of repairs, Cern engineers have got the Large Hadron Collider to smash particles together far sooner than anyone dared hope. For the time being the collisions are low energy, around 450 billion electronvolts per beam, which is around half the energy of what remains...  

Newswise — A team of Texas Tech University physics researchers involved with the CERN experiment is available to speak to the media as scientists prepare to test the particle beam of the world’s largest particle collider deep beneath the Swiss Alps.  

The world's largest atom smasher broke the world record for proton acceleration Monday, firing particle beams with 20 percent more power than the American lab that previously held the record. The power of the Large Hadron Collider's proton beams is essential...  

The Large Hadron Collider has finally collided something! Actually, given the woes that have beset the particle physics experiment, the LHC has probably been responsible for several previous collisions: between physicists’ heads and various walls at the CERN complex. But now it has begun the proper smashing – that of particles against other particles – by cross the beams of protons that have been circulating around the giant ring since last...  

No?   Good. The CERN collaboration's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sent beams of protons flying around its 27 km length in each direction over the weekend, and Monday saw them run two beams simultaneously and slam them into one another, producing the collider's first ever particle collisions. It would appear that any time-traveling quantum bird sent by the Higgs boson was unable to disrupt yesterday's run. Last fall, the LHC team came close to...  

Scientists at the LARGE PARTICLE COLLIDER have announced that the 17 mile long, magnetically charged tube is ready to launch any sufficiently bulky objects down the accelerator, toward impact with one another. Theoretical Geophysicists around the globe are especially interested to see the results of what the fuck happens when you fling two rocks at each other near the speed of light."It probably rules," said Professor Henri Calet, lead...  

Physics Today: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated two beams at 450 GeV simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton...  

The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now for the first time an experimental realization and a proof of confinement phenomenon has been observed in a condensed matter system. The finding, in a well-described magnetic system, may offer new ways to explore quantum chromodynamics, the theory that describes the...  

. Restart of the LHC operated by CERN was successfully begun this week. The first test collisions at low energy levels was conducted, with more scheduled. Analysis of the initial tests will be underway. A machine appearing as much science fantasy as real can be viewed on the CERN computers as a gallery of quality images. The following images of the active beam are taken from a 3D massive sized file view looking down the length of the...  

Washington, November 24 (ANI): The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be [...]  

This is the second part of a two-part collection of tips for particle physics graduate students. The first part is here.Three: be a fool today if you want to be a guru tomorrow The third advice I have in store for Jane is maybe the toughest to follow, at least at first. But I do believe it is of critical importance for her to grow, become knowledgeable, and distinguish herself from the rest of the pack. read more  

Geneva, 23 November 2009. Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring. From early in the afternoon, the beams were made to cross at points 1 and 5...  

Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time. The step was described as a "great achievement" for those working on the huge physics experiment. (Read on Source)  

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At the "First Joint BER II and BESSY II Users' Meeting" on November 12th / 13th the "Freundeskreis Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin e. V." bestowed the "Ernst-Eckhard-Koch-Prize" and the "Innovation-Award on Synchrotron Radiation" for 2009.  

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment on the French-Swiss border has set a new world record for energy. The LHC pushed the energy of its particle beams beyond one trillion electron volts, making it the world's highest-energy particle accelerator. The previous record was held by the Tevatron particle accelerator in Chicago. Officials say it is another milestone in the LHC's drive towards its main scientific tests set for 2010. The LHC...  

Hey, we are alive! At the end we didn’t need any escape pods: The Large Hadron Collider has smashed two particle beams together for the first time. However, the unknown is still ahead of us as they ramp things up: (more…)  

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has set a new world record for particle accelerators, confirming its status as the most powerful atom-smasher built.  

How do you you target radiation treatments to kill only cancer cells? First, build a particle accelerator. Second: Aim carefully. Here's how the University of Pennsylvania's $144 million "smart bomb" cyclotron works.  

The recently restarted Large Hadron Collider has become the world's most powerful particle accelerator, after setting a new record for beam intensity. Scientists working at the particle collider succ...  

By United Press InternationalGENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Scientists working with Europe's Large Hadron Collider said the device set a record as the highest-energy particle accelerator.  

"In his Algebraic Geometry class a few years back, Ravi Vakil explained Yoneda's lemma like this: You work at a particle accelerator. You want to understand some particle. All you can do are throw other particles at it and see what happens. If you understand how your mystery particle responds to all possible test particles at all possible test energies, then you know everything there is to know about your mystery particle."  

New Zealand HeraldA big bang heard around the globeToronto StarAt CERN, a particle physics laboratory near Geneva, scientists accelerate particle beams through a 27-km-long tunnel and smash them into each other. ...Particle Beams Once Again Accelerated in Large Hadron Collider at CERNChicago Press Release Services (press release)EUROPE: Large Hadron Collider back in businessUniversity World NewsBig Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2...  

Times OnlineThe Future of Particle AcceleratorsSoftpediaSome say that, if supersymmetry is not discovered, then the entire field of particle physics would be dead, without any chances of advancements. ...2012 doomsday prophecies predictably miss their markVancouver CourierPhysicists Back Where They Started As Supercollider About to Circulate BeamsScience Magazine (blog)A Bird From the Future, To Save GodPulse NiagaraNew York Times -Times...  

After being down for more than a year for repairs, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is running again. Physicist Drew Baden explains what went wrong with the Collider, how it was fixed, and what scientists are hoping to find by smashing beams of ...  

ECNmag.comParticle Physics Slapstick: CERN Collider Adds New Punchlines To Growing ...Free Internet PressThe list of problems encountered by the Large Hadron Collider, a super-sized particle accelerator in Switzerland, is long and becoming longer. ...collider resumes hunt for 'God particle'CNNThe Large Hadron Collider and those meddling time travelersExaminer.comA line on string theoryHarvard University GazetteTimes Online -NewsLite -TIMEall...  

CERN, the world’s most sophisticated lab for research and experimentation in the field of high energy physics has announced that it has re-activated  The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in an attempt to successfully complete the particle collision experiment, that it the organization had begun in the year 2008. The LHC is the biggest and the most [...]  

The "Big Bang" experiment at Cern near Geneva scored a world record today by accelerating beams to the highest energy ever achieved in a particle collider, the research centre announced.  

(CNN) -- "The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after...  

Examiner.comGod sabotaged world's largest particle accelerator, say scientists in CopenhagenExaminer.comThe duo, who are, remarkably, still walking the streets, have published a paper claiming that the world's largest particle accelerator, which failed a week ...It's On! "God Particle" Race Intensifies as Obama Tries to Keep Particle ...Science Magazine (blog)Large Hadron Collider Hits Operational TemperaturesGearlog (blog)Buzz...  

The physics blogs are abuzz with rumors that a particle of dark matter* has finally been found in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment. * Dark matter is hypothetical matter that is thought to make up 23 per cent of the mass density of the universe. (Source: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/12/rumours-that-first-dark-matter.html)  

eachers and students of physics will find this site interesting. Visitors can meet the scientist through video interviews and learn what inspires them to search for the secrets of matter, or view the standard model and learn what s already known and what is being discovered about the building blocks of matter. Users can also learn about the “big ideas” such as antimatter and the Big Bang that are behind the experiments at CERN and follow a...  

From BBC News | Technology | World Edition: Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time. The step was described as a "great achievement" for those working on the huge physics experiment. The low-e  

The LHC will circulate a beam around the tunnel within two weeks, CERN scientists say An electrical failure caused a major shut-down of the collider in September 2008 The full scientific program for t...  

This May 31, 2007 file photo, shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN (European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Keystone, Mar...  

This could be the start of a fantastic era of physics and discoveries after 20 years' work by the international community to build a machine and detectors of unprecedented complexity and performance.  

Call it a miracle. CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, is once again circulating particle beams and has already crashed together its first particles.  

ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday. Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) hope experiments will already start giving clues about the origins of the universe in the coming months as the world's biggest particle...  

After a delay of over a year at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the massive underground particle accelerator, beginning on November 20, 2009, is already sending particles beams on paths...  

Buzz BlogPhysicsCentral.comThis just in from Science Insider—2010 may not be the end for big particle physics in America. It looks like Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and the head of ...It's On! "God Particle" Race Intensifies as Obama Tries to Keep Particle ...Science Magazine (blog)God sabotaged world's largest particle accelerator, say scientists in CopenhagenExaminer.comScience & TechnologyCalvin College - ChimesGearlog (blog) -About...  

Back to the Future Part IV - The Higgs Boson AdventureAbout - News & Issues (blog)So while there are many weird physics theories out there, this latest one linked to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has even my scratching my head. ...It's On! "God Particle" Race Intensifies as Obama Tries to Keep Particle ...Science Magazine (blog)God sabotaged world's largest particle accelerator, say scientists in CopenhagenExaminer.comall 3 news articles »  

Christ, didn't we kill this thing already? Repairwork on the Large Hadron Collider is making serious progress, with a test run of particle beams already completed. Scientists are hoping to attempt full world-ending experiments next month. The results of that first test, a run of particle beams through the 17-mile tunnel, showed the machine in perfect working order. The scientists are hoping to have the LHC up and running as good as new in...  

msnbc.comCERN gearing-up for next attempt at discovering the God particleExaminer.comThis machine has received international funding and is maintained by the CERN, or European Organization for Nuclear Research. The purpose of this "super ...LHC to Finally Start Next Week, AgainWired NewsBird vs. Big Bang Machinemsnbc.comParticle Physics Slapstick: CERN Collider Adds New Punchlines To Growing ...Free Internet PressNewsLite -TIME -Discover...  

According to latest news from CERN, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are preparing to re-start the gigantic particle accelerator and collider on Saturday, November 20, 2009.  

GENEVA (Reuters) - The "Big Bang" experiment at CERN has set new records for colliding beams of particles this week, and is now shutting down for a couple of months to prepare for even higher energy work, the research center said on Friday.  

Particle Beam Technology - Costly and a limited utilityGerson Lehrman GroupOver the last several years, there has been an increased interest in the US in particle beam therapy as the costs have come down and large manufacturers ...  

GENEVA -- The world's largest atom smasher made a leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine, organizers said.  

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 ...  

The "Big Bang" experiment at Cern scored a world record on Monday by accelerating beams to the highest energy ever achieved in a particle collider.