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LHC

British

abbreviation

Large Hadron Collider

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"This is technology we just didn't have when we designed the LHC," said Thomson.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Inside the LHC, protons are smashed together at nearly the speed of light.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

LHC also launched its Abuelas Project in 2021— which pays homage to grandmothers, often the culture bearers in Latino families — to help fill gaps in folk knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

“This is still a viable possibility, but one of the things that happened after the LHC didn't find this was that it prompted people to realize that this was never the only possibility.”

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

He and his colleague Edwin Verheul had just set up a new data link between the LHC in Switzerland and data storage sites in The Netherlands.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2024

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