Smooth start to 'Big Bang' test
A European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientist is glued to computer screens at CERN press center showing traces of the first protons fired in the Large Hadron Collider during the "Big Bang" experiment near Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday. AFP |
GENEVA: "Alice in Wonderland" completed its first major test successfully, with the world's largest particle collider firing a beam of protons all the way around a 27-km tunnel yesterday.
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