Atom smasher starts speeding proton beams

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 10:28 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists running the world's largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine's accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday, in a step toward experiments about the makeup of the universe. Proton - Particle accelerator - Physics - Large Hadron Collider - CERN

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