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Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
GENEVA, 11.21.2009
BY ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS , Associated Press Writer
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
It took a year of repairs before beams of protons circulated late Friday 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 read full story...
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