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After a two year upgrade, the world's most powerful particle collider has protons running through it again, beginning a ramp-up to its highest energy ever

We thought it happened only at deep-sea vents but creatures all around us, perhaps even in our back gardens, exploit an unexpected source of energy (full text available to subscribers)

For the first time, late last year, astronauts 3D printed tools and replacement parts in space. It was a momentous occasion. Astronauts are at the mercy of resupply missions, and...

Geneva, 5 April 2015. After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is back in op...

After more than two years of maintenance and upgrade work, the Large Hadron Collider has come back to life and will run at higher energies than ever. The ring-shaped collider produces conditions just milliseconds after t...

An inside look at how the atom smasher has been amped up --

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