Large Hadron Collider

May 14, 2010
The Large Hadron Collider is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva that spans the border between Switzerland and France. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles -- the building blocks of the universe. In this Science Bite, Museum scientist KaChun Yu explains this brave new world of physics.

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