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Large Hadron Collider back online

"The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down.

Huge $10 billion collider resumes hunt for 'God particle'

Is the Large Hadron Collider being sabotaged from the future? Or merely by birds?

Physicist held in France over 'terror links'

A man arrested in France on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations is a physicist who was working with the agency known for being home of the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator.

Big Bang machine detectors will be 'even more perfect'

On a recent episode of "South Park," Mr. Marsh steals a particle accelerator magnet so his son, Stan, can win the Pinewood Derby. The magnet's power results in an alien encounter, and chaos ensues.

Astronomers take virtual plunge into black hole

Dare to fall into a black hole and you would get vaporized in what is probably the most violent place in the universe. But the journey would yield some amazing sights, though you might need three eyes for the best view of what's going on, new research suggests.

Multibillion-dollar collider to probe nature's mysteries

Deep underground on the border between France and Switzerland, the world's largest particle accelerator complex will explore the world on smaller scales than any human invention has explored before.

Colliding with nature's best-kept secrets

Visiting a particle accelerator is like a religious experience, at least for Nima Arkani-Hamed.

Scientist: Holographic television to become reality

Picture this: you're sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the "Sex and the City" movie and you're watching all the action unfold in 3-D on your coffee table.

Beam me up: Just how close are we to teleportation?

Admit it -- at one point or another we've all dreamed of being able to teleport. How much easier and less stressful life would be if, at the flick of a switch, we could whisk ourselves direct from home to work without the intervening two hours crushed onto public transport, face wedged into the armpit of a man with a sweat gland problem.

Black hole found at center of galaxy

German astronomers say they have discovered conclusive proof of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy.

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