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CERN switches on 312-foot HiLumi LHC test stand for 10x particle collision boost

Scientists at CERN have made a massive achievement after they began powering a 312-foot ...
Gizmodo

LHC First Beam Test Image, All Systems Go for First Collision Event

This is the first groovy image produced by the Large Hadron Collider, showing some of the first protons accelerated today at 1028h Central European Time (0428h Eastern Time), the exact time when CERN ...
ITWire

iTWire - CERN announces success of final LHC synch test

With the completion of this final synch test, the first beam can now be injected into the LHC by the LHC team with CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). This event will take place some ...
Symmetry Magazine

First proton-lead collision test at the LHC successful

For the first time, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have collided protons with lead ions, a feat that will give them insight into the quark-gluon plasma. For most of the year, two beams of ...
Symmetry Magazine

LHC passes ‘ping-pong ball’ test

Physicists send an ultra-clean, miniature ping-pong ball through part of the Large Hadron Collider beam pipe to test for hidden defects. Sometimes the best solutions in high-energy physics research ...