A discovery that a sub-atomic particle seemed to move faster than the speed of light has scientists rethinking one of the foundations of physics.
The hunt is still on for the elusive "God particle" but scientists say they believe they can come up with an answer by the end of 2012.
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/ 24 November 2009
Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27km tunnel under the French-Swiss border, the said on Monday.
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/ 10 September 2008
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday.
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/ 11 October 2007
The ultra-high-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity when the world’s largest particle collider opens near Geneva next year. Until recently, the Internet2 had a theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second (Gbps).