Largehadroncollider

It may be costly to send protons whizzing round the Large Hadron Collider, but curiosity-driven research is a good investment.

Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27km tunnel under the French-Swiss border, the said on Monday.

The world’s biggest atom-smasher is set to restart this weekend, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Friday.