Hadron Collider Hits New Snags

CERN may run experiments through the winter to make up lost time
Posted Jul 21, 2009 2:10 PM CDT
Hadron Collider Hits New Snags
This 2007 file photo shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN's European particle physics laboratory, near Geneva, Switzerland.   (AP Photo)

The Large Hadron Collider has hit more delays, ZDNet reports, with experiments using the machine unlikely to restart until at least mid-November due to the discovery of two vacuum leaks. The agency overseeing the 17-mile atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border may take the unorthodox step of running its “Big Bang” simulation experiments through the winter, despite the high costs of electricity during that season.

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