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CERN's LHC Powers Down For Two Years

Posted by samzenpus on from the rotate-the-tires dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Excitement and the media surrounded the Higgs boson particle for weeks when it was discovered in part by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). But now, the collider that makes its home with CERN, the famed international organizational that operates the world's largest particle physics laboratory, is powering down. The Higgs boson particle was first discovered by the LHC in 2012. The particle, essentially, interacts with everything that has mass as the objects interact with the all-powerful Higgs field, a concept which, in theory, occupies the entire universe." We covered the repair announcement last month.

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  1. Re:TWO years?? by kaws · · Score: -1, Redundant

    While 2 years is pretty ridiculous, I haven't yet heard of a proper 3D printer that can create parts at the quality that they'd need. 3D printing isn't the best for some of the more vital science apparatuses on the bleeding edge of science.

  2. Re:TWO years?? by rossdee · · Score: -1, Redundant

    3D printers can print out plastic parts, but i don't think they can do superconducting magnets (yet)