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Introduction: The Large Hadron Collider
The LHC is the world's biggest ever physics experiment, and by studying conditions close to those just after the big bang, it could solve some of science's deepest mysteries
LATEST ARTICLES
Mystery signal at Fermilab hints at 'technicolour' force
19:46 07 April 2011 | 3 comments
Fermilab's Tevatron collider has spotted evidence of new particles that might point to a previously unidentified force of nature
What if supersymmetry is wrong?
THIS WEEK: 17:27 15 March 2011 | 16 comments
Supersymmetry would solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics, but if the Large Hadron Collider can't find it there are alternatives
No black holes found at LHC – yet
20:47 17 December 2010 | 20 comments
Miniature black holes could still emerge at higher energies, but the result means that accessing extra dimensions will be harder than we thought
Higgs hunt may delay LHC's planned shutdown
23:40 13 December 2010 | 3 comments
Physicists anxious to find the elusive Higgs particle want to run the Large Hadron Collider to the end of 2012 before shutting it down for upgrades
Early universe recreated in LHC was superhot liquid
15:43 25 November 2010
The universe may have been an extremely dense, hot liquid just microseconds after the big bang, suggest surprise results from the Large Hadron Collider
Heavy atoms set to collide at the LHC
UPFRONT: 17:30 20 October 2010
After meeting its 2010 proton collision target, the LHC is set to begin experiments with lead
Large Hadron Collider spies hints of infant universe
17:47 21 September 2010 | 3 comments
The LHC has revealed hints of what may be the hot, dense state of matter thought to have filled the universe in its first nanoseconds
Quark excitement: LHC surpasses rivals for first time
15:39 14 September 2010
The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is poised to publish the first result that surpasses the abilities of rival particle smashers
Exotic matter could show up in the LHC this year
THIS WEEK: 18:00 08 September 2010
The Large Hadron Collider could glimpse sparticles, diquarks and leptoquarks sooner than thought possible if new-found decay pathways are correct
Physicists divided over life extension for US collider
00:04 03 September 2010
A panel of physicists recommends keeping Fermilab's Tevatron collider alive for an extra three years, but others worry about collateral damage
INTERVIEW
The man behind the 'God particle'
Peter Higgs is almost as elusive as the particle named after him, but as the latest, $9-billion search for the Higgs boson gets underway, New Scientist asks this unassuming physicist how he will feel when he is finally proved right - or wrong