CERN to upgrade LHC proton smasher to increase collisions by a factor of five

Lee Bell
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LHC will be able to operate in a "high-luminosity mode" from 2026

The world's most powerful proton smasher is about to get an upgrade. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as it is called, is having some heavy duty engineering work done that will enable it to oper...

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