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Large Hadron Collider fires up for the first time in three years as scientists begin hunt for a 'fifth force of nature'

 

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been fired up again after a three year break for maintenance and upgrades โ€“ with the first beam sent around the tunnel just before 10am BST this morning.

 

The LHC works by smashing atoms together to break them apart and discover the subatomic particles that exist inside them, and how they interact.

 

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, shut down the collider in 2019, so that it could carry out work to make the instruments more sensitive.

 

This will give researchers a higher resolution view inside atoms โ€“ capturing data 30 million times per second โ€“ and allow more runs.

 

Firing up the nearly 17 mile-long LHC is a complex process, requiring everything to 'work like an orchestra', especially after the extended shut down due to Covid-19.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10742829/Large-Hadron-Collider-fires-time-three-years.html