A small furry animal today took on the largest atom smasher ever made, and won. According to internal documents at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider was knocked out of commission at about 5:30 am CEDT when a weasel caused a "severe electrical perturbation" when it stepped on the bare connections of a 66,000 volt transformer. This not only proved instantly fatal to the weasel, but it also short circuited the power system, causing the LHC to execute a fast abort as the sudden power loss created a series of anomalies.
.. Continue Reading Weasel takes down Large Hadron ColliderCategory: Science
Tags: Related Articles:
- CERN sets new high-energy collision record
- LHC reaches temperatures colder than outer space
- ATLAS: At the crossroads of art and science
- CERN needs your help identifying mysterious photos
- LHC physicists sniff Higgs boson discovery
- New boson discovered, probably Higgs
from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://ift.tt/1QGmE76
No comments:
Post a Comment