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themoderatevoice.com - 21 days ago
Too Good to Check: Baguette Shuts Down CERN
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The world’s largest particle accelerator / collider (The Large Hadron Collider, for those of you keeping score) has run into yet another setback. After being plagued by coolant leaks, faulty magnets and a host of other technical difficulties, operations have again ground to a halt. The ...
popsci.com - 21 days ago
Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
— popsci.com — The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a... coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add ... (more) Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large ...
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theregister.co.uk - 21 days ago
Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber • The Register
— theregister.co.uk — A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault... at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher's subterranean 27-km supercooled ... (more) Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber ...
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