In praise of ... Cern

"Buried deep in granite under the border between France and Switzerland, the biggest and most expensive scientific experiment on earth is nearing completion." "In the leader below we said that the tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was cut from granite. That is not the case. Mo...

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Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2006
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Accelerator LHC
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/940031
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Sumario:"Buried deep in granite under the border between France and Switzerland, the biggest and most expensive scientific experiment on earth is nearing completion." "In the leader below we said that the tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was cut from granite. That is not the case. Most of it goes through a type of relatively soft sandstone."

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