Just because we cover medical technologies does not mean we can’t make a rare exception. When the world’s largest and most complex experiment is just days from start, and the 27-kilometer instrument is being cooled to 1.9 Kelvin, scientists promise to smash protons at 5 TeV revealing the secrets of physics and cosmology, we veer off in our coverage and take our hats off in a sign of a deep respect to the awesomeness of physics.
The Boston Globe has an incredible photo essay on the Large Hadron Collider.
Press release: CERN announces start-up date for LHC…