> The last pieces of the puzzle
> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
> particle accelerator ever, the LHC.
>
> At CERN, 100 metres underground in the countryside outside Geneva, the
> LHC and its four big experiments are stuffed full of some of the most
> complex scientific apparatus in the world. On the surface the assembly
> hangers are beginning to look eerily empty, but below a vision of mind-
> boggling complexity is now almost fully formed.
>
> Manoeuvring the pieces, sometimes weighing hundreds of tonnes each and
> measuring several metres in diameter, is a formidable challenge. The
> huge parts have to be manipulated in very confined spaces, often with
> only a few centimetres of clearance on either side of the cavern ...

> The last pieces of the puzzle
> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
> particle accelerator ever, the LHC.

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> "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
> news:0b8b2efe-3c7a-44d5-a88a-57d91f11ba72@47g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>> The last pieces of the puzzle
>> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
>> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
>> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
>> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
>> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
>> particle accelerator ever, the LHC.
>>
>> At CERN, 100 metres underground in the countryside outside Geneva, the
>> LHC and its four big experiments are stuffed full of some of the most
>> complex scientific apparatus in the world. On the surface the assembly
>> hangers are beginning to look eerily empty, but below a vision of mind-
>> boggling complexity is now almost fully formed.
>>
>> Manoeuvring the pieces, sometimes weighing hundreds of tonnes each and ...

>
> "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
> news:0b8b2efe-3c7a-44d5-a88a-57d91f11ba72@47g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>> The last pieces of the puzzle
>> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
>> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
>> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
>> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
>> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
>> particle accelerator ever, the LHC.

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> We're learning more and more about what makes up 5%% of the universe. Now
> what about the rest? (dark matter, dark energy)

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>> "turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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>>> The last pieces of the puzzle
>>> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
>>> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
>>> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
>>> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
>>> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
>>> particle accelerator ever, the LHC. ...

> The last pieces of the puzzle
> Like the last pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, the final components of
> the titanic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN are
> slotting into place. At ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb the remaining large
> pieces of equipment are being carefully lowered into the caverns in
> preparation for the start up later this year of the most powerful
> particle accelerator ever, the LHC.
>
> At CERN, 100 metres underground in the countryside outside Geneva, the
> LHC and its four big experiments are stuffed full of some of the most
> complex scientific apparatus in the world. On the surface the assembly
> hangers are beginning to look eerily empty, but below a vision of mind-
> boggling complexity is now almost fully formed.
>
> Manoeuvring the pieces, sometimes weighing hundreds of tonnes each and
> measuring several metres in diameter, is a formidable challenge.  The
> huge parts have to be manipulated in very confined spaces, often with
> only a few centimetres of clearance on either side of the cavern
> shaft. ...