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more about #atomsmasher GundamX67: They should turn it into a museum, or something along the line. Like you said, it's historic, and it's one of the crown jewels of science. It shouldn'... more » GC: Super collider? But I just met her! more » Jitty: Speaking of large super colliers. I heard there are worm holes that exist on the nano scale. We could extract the worm holes but to do that we would t... more » Seather: The anti neutron was discovered there as well. I'm sure if the LHC were to be decomissioned, it would be used as storage for a few years like the Bev... more » GilmerCrane: Don't forget that they discovered the anti neutron there as well! It's not just an atom smasher, it's a linear accelerator too. There is one just up t... more » vmspionage: This thing looks like it belongs in an episode of Venture Brothers The Monarch: (finally inside Dr. Venture's laboratory) My god, look at this place.... more » DorkRawk: Atoms to atoms, dust to dust.... more » Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!: Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Bev' last night... more » dallasmay2: How long will it take to decide that the LHC is obsolete? Probably not even 50 years. Once we find that there is no Higgs, that will be the end of hig... more » OMG! Ponies!: It's a frakkin' atom-smasher! Do you know why you never hear anyone complain about all those useless vacant atom-smashers that litter strip malls? Be... more » nutbastard: wasn't Bevatron the code name for the fleshlight when it was still in the prototype phase? more » madog: ... A Chinese knock off, "Giant Hadron Smasher"? Complete with pictures of Obama and the Hulk as celebrity endorsers. ......I have no idea why. (sid... more » CaptainHoratioMcCallister: It is a shame that Tesla's labs have fallen into disrepair while Edison's have become monuments to his greatness. Tesla is one of the most under appre... more » -
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Historic, Gigantic Atom Smasher to Be Demolished
Lawrence Berkeley National Labratory's Bevatron was the world's largest atom smasher when it was build for $9 million in the early '50s. Soon, it'll be reduced to a pile of rubble. More » -
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LHC's $21 Million Single Joint Failure is the Most Expensive Soldering Error in Soldering History
The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most complicated machine that was felled by a single faulty solder joint last month, won't be back until summer 2009 now, at the earliest—a few months later than CERN last speculated. And at what cost? $21 million in repairs. A drop in the bucket when the full $10 billion budget is considered, yes, but let's hope some of this dough is spent on a bit more magnet-meltdown-preventing solder redundancy. [AP]
