Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Science News

Making the 'Big Bang' machine better

cnn.com
Apr. 28, 2009
On a recent episode of South Park, Mr. Marsh steals a particle accelerator magnet so his son Stan can win the Pinewood Derby. The magnet's power results in an alien encounter, and chaos ensues.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Largest particle accelerator is completed

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 2 (UPI) -- The last quadripolar magnet has been installed in the world's biggest particle accelerator, marking the completion of Europe's Large Hadron Collider.

CERN powers up powerful magnet

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, says the world's largest superconducting magnet has reached operational power for the first time.
Most Popular
Stories Photos People Comments
Featured Photos
1 of 25
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
View Caption
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch