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Large Hadron Collider upgrades begin

By T.K. Randall
April 3, 2013 · Comment icon 23 comments

Image Credit: Arpad Horvath
The particle accelerator that lead to the discovery of the Higgs Boson is to have its energy doubled.
The upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider will cost over $100 million and will open the doors to a whole new world of discoveries, ultimately helping scientists to develop a complete theory of how the universe works. Already the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, once upgraded the LHC will have twice the energy that it did when it discovered the Higgs Boson.

"The past two years have been the most exciting in my time as a particle physicist," said one of the LHC's project leaders Dr Pippa Wells. "People are absolutely fired up. They've made one new discovery (the Higgs) and they want to make more discoveries with the new high energies that the upgrade will give us. We could find a new realm of particle physics."
Engineers have begun a major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Their work should double the energy of what's already the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. BBC News is the first to be allowed to see inside the LHC - on the French-Swiss border - to watch the work being carried out.


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Comment icon #14 Posted by ~C.S.M~ 11 years ago
How came nobody can stop them!!!??? Please STOP them now!!!! Why should somebody stop them?
Comment icon #15 Posted by Emma_Acid 11 years ago
What's good for life with a machine cost $100 millions ? Why don't you try educating yourself a bit? Firstly, science is an economy. A massive one. It creates jobs, generates money and drives progress. Secondly, we have to experiment without knowing the outcome. We are doing now with quantum physics what people like Faraday did in the 1800s with electricity - and their experiments gave birth to the modern world. Imagine what these new physics will do? The hadron collider is going to create a mini black hole that will go to the center of the earth and suck in the planet, so i think the hadron c... [More]
Comment icon #16 Posted by FlyingAngel 11 years ago
Why don't you try educating yourself a bit? Firstly, science is an economy. A massive one. It creates jobs, generates money and drives progress. Or a big waste of resource. Science may create job in some point, but it doesn't generate money, it's a spending of money in order to gain something. That thing might be priceless but it doesn't mean that everyone can take benefit from it. Secondly, we have to experiment without knowing the outcome. We are doing now with quantum physics what people like Faraday did in the 1800s with electricity - and their experiments gave birth to the modern world. I... [More]
Comment icon #17 Posted by The Silver Thong 11 years ago
Or a big waste of resource. Science may create job in some point, but it doesn't generate money, it's a spending of money in order to gain something. That thing might be priceless but it doesn't mean that everyone can take benefit from it. I don't know, you tell me. What these new physics will do? Faraday did a good job, yes. But it didn't took him $100 million, he did with little investment. What can you do after you can confirm if the higg boson exist or not? Nothing. Might as well pick a side and consider it exists or not exists to move on. Might as well concentrate with dealing current pro... [More]
Comment icon #18 Posted by ~C.S.M~ 11 years ago
Or a big waste of resource. Science may create job in some point, but it doesn't generate money, it's a spending of money in order to gain something. That thing might be priceless but it doesn't mean that everyone can take benefit from it. I don't know, you tell me. What these new physics will do? Faraday did a good job, yes. But it didn't took him $100 million, he did with little investment. What can you do after you can confirm if the higg boson exist or not? Nothing. Might as well pick a side and consider it exists or not exists to move on. Might as well concentrate with dealing current pro... [More]
Comment icon #19 Posted by FlyingAngel 11 years ago
Ya look how terrible the world is today because science invested in medicine. I'm not bashing science in general. But this hadron collider seems stupid, what the heck can you do with a "god particle" anyway. We advanced the physics too far that our technologies won't be able to catch up.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Emma_Acid 11 years ago
Or a big waste of resource. Science may create job in some point, but it doesn't generate money, it's a spending of money in order to gain something. That thing might be priceless but it doesn't mean that everyone can take benefit from it. I'll say it again: science is an economy. It generates jobs and money, the world over. This isn't my opinion, this is just a fact. What resources are they wasting? And don't you think that the "something" they gain can be of social, financial or technological benefit, or are you just being short sighted for the sake of it? I don't know, you tell me. What the... [More]
Comment icon #21 Posted by lightly 11 years ago
I know almost nothing about it but I hope some good comes of it.
Comment icon #22 Posted by badeskov 11 years ago
I'm not bashing science in general. But this hadron collider seems stupid, what the heck can you do with a "god particle" anyway. We advanced the physics too far that our technologies won't be able to catch up. That makes no sense whatsoever. You don't really understand how research and development is hinged on science, do you? Where do you think the transistor came from? Or the optical fiber and the laser? Or all those other gadgets that you are using in your daily life? Maybe you should pack 'em all up and send them back and get your internet disconnected from your cave. Cheers, Badeskov
Comment icon #23 Posted by ~C.S.M~ 11 years ago
I'm not bashing science in general. But this hadron collider seems stupid, what the heck can you do with a "god particle" anyway. We advanced the physics too far that our technologies won't be able to catch up. Im pretty sure back in the days there was a bunch of fools who claimed the brothers wright "invention" as a useless waste, then some idiots maybe also claimed computers to be useless and then some imbeciles who laughed at the internet. And now read what you wrote and then you can see how well you fit beween thise people ....no offense intended
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