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Large Hadron Collider - The Time Is Now! CERN's $9 billion, 17-mile longatom smasher was just turned on and we're awaiting reports on how the tests have gone. The Large Hadron Collider did experience "small electrical problems" overnight. However, these were not expected to delay the first test firing at 9:30am CEST . As such, the clockwise and counter-clockwise firing of particles should already be in progress. Remember, no smashing will be done today, for that we'll have to wait untillater this month . We'll update you here as things progress. 10.09.2008 START! 09:49 -- Confirmed, the first beam of protons has been fired! It took 48-seconds for the pulse to generate and then a tiny flash of light on a computer screen indicated a successful firing around the first 3-km of the 27-km ring -- they will methodically extend the range throughout the day. 10:25 -- The beam just completed the full ring (in stages) in less than an hour. Things are going much more quickly than expected. Counterclockwise test next. 12:18 -- CERN estimates that the LHC will be fully operational for physics work in the next few months. For more information about Large Hadron Collider, please follow: http://www.large-hadron-collider.com _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Related Searches: large hadron collider black holelarge hadron collider countdownlarge hadron collider livelarge hadron collider dangercern large hadron colliderlarge hadron collider dangersthe large hadron colliderlarge hadron collider switch onlarge hadron collider updatecern's large hadron colliderlarge hadron collider lhclarge hadron collider cern antimatterlarge hadron collider black holelarge hadron colliderlarge hadron collider startlarge hadron collider startinghadron collidercollidersuper colliderdaily mail large hadron collidersuperconducting super colliderradiohead super collidercern large hadron colliderthe large hadron collidergalaxy colliderblack hole super colliderparticle colliderhadron collider wikiatomic collidervivid.com collider..superconducting super colliderlarge hadron collidercern collidercern hadron collidersuper collider - switzerlandlarge hadron collider geneva switzerlandlarge hadron collider faxlarge hadron collider may 2008component of ill-fated texas super colliderlarge colliderlarge hadron collider timelinelarge hadron collider nostradamuswhat is the large hadron colliderhadron collider accelerator new york timeshydron colliderlch colliderlhc collidersuper collider project near tucsonthe cern large hadron colliderthe hadron colliderhedron colliderhadron particle colliderhadron collider black holehow does the hadron collider worksuper collider construction haltedsuperconducting super collider and absidaarcollider project near tucsoncollider lhccollider corelarge hadron collider activationlarge hadron collider riskslargest particle collidermassive hadron collidernpr radio in tulsa hadron collidereurope super colliderparticle collider antiquarkparticle collider out of controlparticle excellorator super collidermega super collidersuper collider dangersuper collider projectlarge atom colliderlarge hadron collider dangerslarge hadron collider pixlarge hydron collideratomic collider in texashow much energy will the hadron collider producecollider experimentcern large hadron collider particle acceleratorcern super symmetry collider string theory3d galaxy collidergalaxy collider softwareinternational linear colliderhadron collider accelerator se for march 2008hadron collider flawshadron collider schematic2008 hadron collideratlas super colliderberkeley lab neutrino factory and muon collider 2008british super collider construction haltedcern large hadron collider podcastcern particle collidercern super symmetry collidercern with the large hadron collidercollider buildingcollider francecritics fear collider could doom earth - aol newsdownload hash collidereu linear collidergh collidergiant collider at cernegrand hadron colliderhadron collider cernlarge collider particelslarge hadron collider cernlarge hadron collider in switzerlandlarge hadron collider openinglarge hadron collider updatelarge hadron collider wherelatest news on the hadron collidermars collidernews colliderrelativistic heavy ion colliderrelativistic mass collidersuper collider conductor