LHC is back with big energy boost

[Tank]

LHC is back with big energy boost

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is operating again after its winter break.

Early on Thursday, opposing stable beams of protons were smashed into each other at four observation positions.

The total collision energy in these bunches of sub-atomic particles was eight trillion electron volts - a world record.

Scientists expect the big boost in capability to significantly increase the collider's chances of discovering "new physics".

The great expectation is that they will definitively confirm or deny the existence of the Higgs boson, the elusive particle that would help explain why matter has mass...

Keep smashing rocks together!

[Guardian85]

Anyone think they are having a smashing good time down there? 

Seriously, though. Eagerly anticipating their findings. Probably gonna be a good material for some AC (anti-creationist) shell we can load into Tank and fire at the fundies.

[Firebird]

The higgs boson, you mean? If only they weren't calling it the "God particle" 

[Guardian85]

The higgs boson, you mean? If only they weren't calling it the "God particle" 

The autor who coined the term "The God Particle" wanted to call it the god-damn particle but his publisher wouldn't let him.