Large Hadron Collider shuts down for two years of upgrades, maintenance

CERN is shutting down the Large Hadron Collider (LHD) for two years in order to make “major improvements” to the system. All experiments and the accelerator complex will end during these 24 months, giving experts time to upgrade the system before the next round of work. CERN has scheduled its next LHC run for 2021, when it will end the …