Large Hadron Collider set to resume collisions after power glitches
The giant, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is set to resume its work after a number of cooling system glitches blamed on a power failure.
The $10 billion machine, operated by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (known by its French acronym CERN), will attempt to recreate the conditions around one trillionth of a second after the Big Bang when fully operational. The first beam of photons was sent around the 27 kilometre circuit last week in a successful first stage, however power was lost for a short time later, causing the vital cooling system to go down.
However CERN scientists are confident the problem has been fixed and are ready to resume circulating photons around the complex. Beams will be fired in opposite directions next week, and "low-intensity" collisions will be smashed together inside the LHC's four detectors.
