Miscalculation Invalidates LHC Safety Assurances (Thursday 29th of January 2009 03:15:01 PM)
KentuckyFC writes "In a truly frightening study, physicists at the health center of Oxford have
identified a massive miscalculation that makes the LHC safety assurances more or less invalid
(abstract). The focus of their work is not the safety of particle ...
(more)Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes (Saturday 24th of January 2009 07:00:01 AM)
KentuckyFC writes "There is absolutely, positively, definitely no chance of the LHC destroying
the planet (or this way either) when it eventually switches on some time later this year. And
yet a few niggling doubts are persuading some scientists to run ...
(more)Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 03:15:02 AM)
KentuckyFC writes "Just when you thought it was safe to switch on the LHC (though it won't be
for a while yet), another tribulation scenario has emerged that some critics worry could cause
the particle accelerator to explode. The culprit this time is ...
(more)LHC Offline Until April 2009 (Or Longer) (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 09:15:02 PM)
Rufey writes "The recent problems at the Large Hadron Collider will now keep it idle until
spring 2009. The sanctioned press release is here. The LHC went offline due to a suspected
failure in a superconducting connection, which overheated and caused ...
(more)Second Snag This Week Could Delay LHC for Weeks (Saturday 20th of September 2008 06:30:02 PM)
Sciencehabit writes "After a transformer failure earlier this week, the Large Hadron Collider
has hit another snag — and this one is much more serious. As Science reports, 'At least
one of the LHC's more than 1700 superconducting magnets failed, ...
(more)'Evolution of the Internet' Powers Massive LHC Grid (Wednesday 23rd of April 2008 09:15:02 PM)
Jbrodkin brings us a story about the growth of the data processor network supporting CERN's
Large Hadron Collider, which will begin smashing particles into one another later this year.
We've discussed some of the impressive capabilities of this network ...
(more)Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit (Friday 28th of March 2008 07:30:03 AM)
Smooth wombat writes "In what can only be considered a bizarre court case, a former nuclear
safety officer and others are suing the U.S. precinct of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science
bed and CERN to stop the use of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) ...
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