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Bird drops baguette into Hadron Collider

Source: Hindu
Bern : Switzerland | 16 days ago  
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But scientists at the £3.6-billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the Big Bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a “bit of baguette” into the machine, causing it to overheat. European particle physics laboratory in Switzerland, launched the LHC with much...
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  • News Source: The Australian | 15 days ago
    On Tuesday 3 November, a bird carrying a baguette bread caused a short circuit in an electrical outdoor installation that serves sectors 7-8 and 8-1 of the LHC,'' it added. "The knock-on effects included an interruption to the operation of the LHC...
  • News Source: The Scotsman | 16 days ago
    France suspected of al-Qaeda links, an official said yesterday. The 32-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin had been working on the Large Hadron Collider.
  • News Source: Hindu | 16 days ago
    But scientists at the £3.6-billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the Big Bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a “bit of baguette” into the machine, causing it to overheat. European particle physics...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | 16 days ago
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  • News Source: Fox News | 16 days ago
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    As a result, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had to postpone their plans last week to emulate the universe's Big Bang. The European particle physics laboratory near Geneva launched the LHC in September last year. ...
  • Blog Source: physicsworld.com
    Throwing a baguette in the works. baguette.jpg. Crusty problems for the LHC. By Michael Banks. Oh crumbs. After talk of the Higgs boson travelling back in time and sabotaging the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN particle physics ...
  • Blog Source: physics.about.com
    Over at the About.com Birding site, there's a report that a bird dropped a piece of bread into a cooling unit at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The piece of baguette caused irregularities in the cooling system, which were quickly ...
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