The next major development is expected in several days when CERN starts colliding the beams in a new round of research to examine the tiniest particles and forces within the atom in hopes of finding out more about how matter is made up.
Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy
GENEVA The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, says beams of protons circulated Friday at 3.5 trillion electron volts in both directions around the 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border at Geneva.
