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Sat 09 Sep 2008When science and business collide
THE COMMISSIONING of the massive new particle collider at Cern near Geneva is a pivotal event in the advancement of the physical sciences but also in the progress of human knowledge. When the machine, the Large Hadron Collider or LHC, comes fully into service and begins to smash particles together, it will benefit all of us in subtle yet important ways.
The discoveries the LHC will deliver about the fundamental nature of matter and the insights it will give into the structure of the universe will thrill scientists but also have the capacity to touch our lives.
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