Terry Olaes
I Used to be the [H] News Guy
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The much-maligned Large Hadron Collider may finally be colliding beams next week, according to Wired. CERN reports that particles are shooting along 6 of 8 sectors and the last 2 sectors will be activated next week. Barring any sudden singularities or other inconveniences, collisions should begin shortly after next week.
In the meantime, scientists working at Fermilabs Tevatron, the current leader of the high-energy particle physics world, have been furiously collecting data. They are hoping to find the Higgs boson, a theoretical particle that would support the Standard Model of physics before the LHC sneaks in and grabs the glory.