The LHC’s beam wasn’t actually operational at the time, so the automatic fail-safe mechanism didn’t need to kick in. Nonetheless the operation had to be shut down until the problem was found. No remarks on whether anyone tracked down the bird bomber and compensated it for the lost lunch. [Register via Pop Sci]
Matt
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 5:20 PMNow there’s a quick way to make toast. Any chance of making a kitchen sized collider?
Grant
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:15 PMIt was actually Dr Emmett Brown going back to the future to stop the progress of the hadron collider because in the year 2012 it will ultimately open a black hole in Geneva through the which the entire planet will be sucked into oblivion. True story.
Alex
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:00 AMIf they have the technology to build massive near-absolute-zero superconducting wires and fling particles around at almost the speed of light, you would think yeasty snacks would provide no problems.
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