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    LHC Lays Down, Keels Over

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 9.22.2008 5 Comments

    Nine days after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) turned on its proton beam for the first time, the LHC needed to be turned off. Over the weekend the agency running the Collider announced that an accident damaged the magnets that guide the beam, putting the LHC out of commission for at least two months as scientists work to repair the equipment.


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