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Two circulating beams bring first collisions in the LHC
23 Nov 2009
CERN
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
Geneva, 23 November 2009. Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring. From early in the afternoon, the beams were made to cross at points 1 and 5, home to the ATLAS and CMS detectors, both of which were on the look out for collisions. Later, beams crossed at points 2 and 8, ALICE and LHCb. more...
Potato-Faced Youngster Lauded For Memorizing Primitive 26-Character Alphabet
July 24, 2009 | Issue 45, 30
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com
PHOENIX - Christopher Pierson, a glassy-eyed, slothful lump of a child who still watches cartoons despite being tall enough to reach a polymer-injection molding station, was endlessly praised Monday for recalling the scant 26 letters in the American alphabet. more...