Some readers have spent fretful nano- seconds antici- pating the re-launch of the Large Hadron Collider, which was successfully initiated1 and then, as successfully, shut down abruptly2 when a serious fault damaged a number of superconducting magnets. Since then, technicians have been busy dusting valves and checking indicator lightbulbs.
The official Cern website says the LHC will resume its efforts to disrupt the space-time continuum in September 2009, but more recent sources point to mid-November 2009.
1. Sept. 10, 2008
2. Sept. 19. 2008
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